Pubdate: Fri, 21 Nov 2008
Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Copyright: 2008 Canoe Limited Partnership.
Contact:  http://www.edmontonsun.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/135
Author: Marc Paquette
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n1041/a04.html
Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor, headline by newshawk.

WHO ARE THE BAD GUYS?

Re: Your comment concerning my Nov. 17 letter that "Most cops I know just
want to help
people and bust bad guys." Who exactly are the "bad guys?" Those who
manufacture and
distribute drugs, or those who consume them? What came first, the hen or the
egg? Is
there a market without a demand? Did alcohol prohibition work? When legal
drugs kill
thousands of Canadians annually ,why aren't "legal" drug manufacturers
considered as
"bad guys" too?

Marc Paquette

(What does that have to do with cops just doing their jobs?)
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