Pubdate: Fri, 06 Oct 2000
Source: Globe and Mail (Canada)
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Author: ALAN RANDELL

TRUDEAU'S DRUG-LAW LEGACY

Victoria -- Lorraine Weinrib's analysis of Pierre Trudeau's constitutional 
legacy (A Giant Legal Footprint -- Oct. 5) unaccountably omits an important 
issue, the use and misuse of drugs in a so-called Just Society.

It is impossible for me to believe that Mr. Trudeau believed in "supporting 
liberty and equality by disengaging the state from the most intimate 
aspects of our lives" when he declined to implement the recommendations of 
the 1973 Le Dain Commission that marijuana possession no longer be 
considered a criminal offence and that heroin-maintenance programs be 
encouraged.

When it came to drugs, Mr. Trudeau was just another gutless politician.
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