Pubdate: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 Source: Victoria News (CN BC) Copyright: 2004 Victoria News Contact: http://www.vicnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1267 Author: Alan Randell DRUGS DEFENDED Regarding the fall of the grow-op on Empire on Aug. 20, please, I'm begging you, please make these drug stories more objective and thus less akin to pro-government propaganda by including the comments of those like me who oppose our unjust and shameful drug prohibition law. Alternatively, you could simply append at the end of these items a statement like, "Many feel that drug prohibition (1) is illogical because other harmful drugs are allowed, (2) is an abuse of the right of free adults to ingest any drug, (3) causes more harm because of adulterated drugs and crime than the drugs themselves, or (4) is ineffective and a waste of law enforcement resources because human beings will always want drugs." Alan Randell Saanich - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin