THERE IS A DIFFERENCE

Editor:

I was taken aback by Stanley Reitsma's letter opposing the repeal of
cannabis prohibition.

If he cannot see any difference between the decision to ingest a drug
into ones own body with rape and drunken driving then perhaps he
should forego comment in the public discourse. We no longer have the
resources here in the U.S. to incarcerate everyone who sins, though
God knows we have tried, and I suspect the same is true of Canada.

Even if we could do so we wouldn't stop drug use. At long last the
time has come to try something different and the re-legalization of
cannabis is a good place to start.

DH Michon

Eau Claire, WI