Pubdate: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 Source: Toronto Sun (CN ON) Copyright: 2002, Canoe Limited Partnership. Contact: http://www.fyitoronto.com/torsun.shtml Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/457 Author: M. Guindon Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n1371/a12.html?1132 Note: Following parenthetical remark by the Sun editor; headline by newshawk AMERICAN HYPOCRITES One thing Connie Woodcock didn't mention in her column about pot decriminalization (July 21) was that despite the U.S. government's pressure against Canada not to decriminalize marijuana,everyone forgets that about a dozen American states have decriminalized weed, at least simple possession. Aren't the Americans being hypocrites, then? How can they say another country is getting soft on drugs,when they have already liberalized their pot laws, at least in several states? This is really the pot calling the kettle black (no pun intended). M. Guindon Brantford (The feds in the U.S. are at war with those states, too) - --- MAP posted-by: Tom