Pubdate: Tue, 17 Jan 2012
Source: Winnipeg Free Press (CN MB)
Copyright: 2012 Winnipeg Free Press
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Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n044/a01.html
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n044/a02.html
Page: A11
Author: Ron Charach

WORSE THAN DRUGS

Re: Legalize weed, Grit delegates say (Jan. 16). If the Liberals are 
talking about legalizing marijuana, it is because the Conservatives' 
wrongheaded Bill C-10 has forced them to. The spectre of this 
government upping Canada's incarceration rate during a time of 
actually declining crime is simply too much.

It can only mean the Harper government is setting its sights on First 
Nations peoples, immigrants who run afoul of the new laws of their 
adopted country, soft drug users, and, yes, "radicals" who fail to 
fall in line with their new agenda.

Soft drugs aren't very good for people's brains, but they are not 
nearly as bad for overall health as doing jail time.

Ron Charach

Toronto
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