Pubdate: Wed, 22 Jun 2005
Source: 100 Mile House Free Press (CN BC)
Copyright: 2005 100 Mile House Free Press
Contact:  http://www.100milefreepress.net/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2143
Author: Tim Meehan
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n981/a03.html?84757

DRUG FREE ZONES ARE JUST A FEEL-GOOD MEASURE

To the Editor,

Re: Will it work? editorial on drug free zones

My repugnance toward drug crime is the fact that it's criminal in the first 
place, and not treated as the health issue it really is.

Prohibition is why you need these zones" which lawyers tell me are simply a 
feel-good measure: the judge has the ultimate discretion. Regulate 
marijuana, get meth users help and kids won't come to school stoned any 
more often then they come to school drunk. And George Orwell can stay on 
the shelf in the library, not in their belongings.

Tim Meehan, Ottawa
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