Pubdate: Tue, 06 Dec 2005
Source: National Post (Canada)
Copyright: 2005 Southam Inc.
Contact:  http://www.nationalpost.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/286
Author: Jonathan Usher
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmjcn.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal - Canada)

TORY DRUG POLICY

Re: Harper's Reefer Madness. Letter, Dec. 5.

As a thinking Conservative, let me assure your readers and writers 
that I and most Conservatives I know firmly stand behind the medical 
use of marijuana. Yes, we oppose the use of marijuana for 
recreational purposes, the same way we oppose using cocaine for 
recreational purposes. But both should be legal for medical purposes. 
There is no reason that marijuana cannot be grown in legal co-ops and 
distributed legally by doctors as a painkiller.

Conservatives are reasonable. Marijuana should be used for medical 
purposes and to make hemp, but not for recreational purposes. The 
answer is not the Liberals' everything-goes attitude, but the 
intelligent use of our physical and human assets.

Jonathan Usher

Toronto.
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