Pubdate: Tue, 10 May 2005
Source: Province, The (CN BC)
Copyright: 2005 The Province
Contact:  http://www.canada.com/vancouver/theprovince/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476
Author: David Lane
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/decrim.htm (Decrim/Legalization)

LEGALIZE AND REGULATE POT

It is unconscionable that you print an editorial about the link between 
cannabis (and other drug) dealing and organized, often violent, crime 
without acknowledging that the black market is a direct result of the laws 
prohibiting this substance.

Every negative consequence you attribute to cannabis would disappear 
overnight, if it were treated the same as alcohol or tobacco and sold in a 
legal, regulated, taxed market.

David Lane,

Santa Cruz, CA 
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