Pubdate: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB) Copyright: 2003, Canoe Limited Partnership. Contact: http://www.fyiedmonton.com/htdocs/edmsun.shtml Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/135 Author: Russell Barth Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor, headline by newshawk CANNABIS IS HERE TO STAY IN THE Oct. 4 edition of The Sun, Alberta Attorney General David Hancock wants to limit the number of grams of marijuana of cannabis a person can carry. Why? Cannabis poses no danger to the user or anyone else. The plants cause no danger. Prohibition and the resulting black market are the only real dangers. Besides, cannabis is already legal in Canada, and no "decriminalization" bill is going to change that. Ottawa can put whatever legislation it wants in place, but it won't hold up in court. People have always used cannabis and always will. Cannabis is here to stay, and Hancock and the rest of Alberta better get used to the idea. If Hancock wants to waste millions more of Alberta's tax dollars on a ridiculous and pointless drug war, then maybe he should run for office in Texas. Russell Barth, Ottawa (Governments always want to regulate and control.) - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom