Pubdate: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 Source: Windsor Star (CN ON) Copyright: 2006 The Windsor Star Contact: http://www.canada.com/windsor/windsorstar/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/501 Author: Kirk Muse Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n801/a09.html?228880 PROHIBITIONISTS CAUSE THE CANNABIS PROBLEMS Kudos to letter writer Randy Borrink for his outstanding letter, Cannabis Prohibition Creates Corruption, June 21. I'd like to add that it's the prohibitionists who don't get it. It's the prohibitionists who seem to think that they can somehow nullify the immutable law of supply and demand with legislation. It's the prohibitionists who insist that the easy-to-grow weed remain completely untaxed, unregulated and controlled by criminals. It's the prohibitionists who insist that cannabis should only be sold by criminals. Criminals who often sell other, much more dangerous drugs like cocaine and meth, and who often offer free samples of the more dangerous drugs to their cannabis customers -- thus creating the so-called gateway effect. Kirk Muse, Mesa, Ariz. - --- MAP posted-by: Derek