Pubdate: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 Source: Maclean's Magazine (Canada) Copyright: 2001 Maclean Hunter Publishing Ltd. Contact: http://www.macleans.ca/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/253 Author: Jim Dawson Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n1505/a08.html?1711 A WORLD WITHOUT POT I do not find it hard at all to believe that only a minority of Canadians have tried pot ("Reefer madness; the sequel," Cover, Aug. 6). I never have, neither has my wife nor both my boys in their 20s (yes, I am sure). In addition, neither have any members of my sons' rock band (they don't smoke tobacco products either). None of our friends smoke pot, although a few may have once or twice. In my business as a ski instructor and tour guide for bus tours originating in Ontario, I have met only a few pot smokers. When I was a school administrator (now retired), a position that one would assume would bring many drug contacts, I found a very small percentage of students (less than 10 per cent) were involved in drugs of any sort. I think that Dawn Taylor ("The pot debate," The Mail, Aug. 20) should take a look around beyond her own circle and she would discover that most of us don't share her lifestyle. Jim Dawson Flesherton, Ont. - --- MAP posted-by: Beth