Pubdate: Tue, 06 Aug 2013 Source: Winnipeg Free Press (CN MB) Copyright: 2013 Winnipeg Free Press Contact: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/send_a_letter Website: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/502 Author: Marilyn Boyle Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v13/n367/a03.html PARALLELS TO ALCOHOL Thank you for Robert Sharpe's July 30 letter, Regulating marijuana, regarding the decriminalization of marijuana. The only point Sharpe misses is a comparison of the results of current government attitudes to pot with those toward alcohol prohibition in North America in the 1920s and 1930s, which encouraged the growth and success of organized crime. Marilyn Boyle Winnipeg - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom