Pubdate: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 Source: Abbotsford News (CN BC) Copyright: 2004 Hacker Press Ltd. Contact: http://www.abbynews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1155 Author: Chuck Beyer Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1619/a10.html A COMPLETE WHITEWASH ON MARIJUANA ISSUE Editor, The News: Randy White has an agenda of remaking Canada in the image of the US. A typical refugee is Rene Boje, who watered marijuana plants legally being grown according to California law. In Canada, she would not get a day in jail. But Uncle Sam wants her for 10 years. The U.S. is presently in an incarceration epidemic. Canada imprisons 100 of every 100,000 citizens. The U.S. number is 700. In Texas and Louisiana, one of every 100 people is in jail. To fund this insanity, the U.S. has had to close universities and schools and forget about social programs. White's conservative agenda is to make Canada part of the prison planet the U.S. is building. Give him a chance and he will put your kids in jail, too. Chuck Beyer Port Alberni - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake