PUT AN END TO PROHIBITION

Editor, The News:

Recently you have witnessed my rallies, seen ground breaking historical
events throughout the media; and you might ask yourself why I do what I do,

So maybe I can give you some insight.

Nearly all the harm done to users and non-users alike by illegal drugs is
because the drugs are prohibited. Thousands were poisoned by adulterated
booze during prohibition.

Thousands more are dying today because of adulterated drugs.

If that weren't bad enough, prohibition nurtures crime. Al Capone was
created by prohibition, not the other way around.

Colombia's drug cartels would have not become as powerful as they are today
if drugs had not been prohibited.

My prediction is that it will get worst in Abbotsford if we continue along
this path of prohibition.

The best way to reduce the harm and heartbreak of illegal drugs is to abide
by the principles of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and end drug
prohibition.

Let's legalize all drugs and remove the propaganda and the police from the
equation. Let's have the drugs manufactured by knowledgeable, competent
organizations who will supply cheap, quality-tested drugs of known purity
and potency and who, in order to avoid legal liability, will impart factual
drug information to us and our children.

There is one more issue to be dealt with. Our government officials, like
MPs Randy White and Chuck Strahl and Abbotsford Mayor George Ferguson, have
done nothing to address the issue besides lip service.

We understand their ignorance of the issue, but their refusal to get
educated is becoming embarrassing.

I don't consider the Abbotsford Police anything more then armed thugs with
mortgage payments who are directly, deeply and inappropriately involved in
violating the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

It's difficult to understand why they insist on trying to micro-manage our
lives. Chief Ian Mackenzie may have received an award recently by the
Governor General in Ottawa, but I feel he has discredited creditable
research and has allowed crime to blossom further by igniting the
prohibition fire.

And we are giving this man an award. Why?

Timothy Lee Felger

Abbotsford