Pubdate: Tue, 26 Sep 2006
Source: Drayton Valley Western Review (CN AB)
Copyright: 2006 Bowes Publishers Limited
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POTHEADS MAY NOT HAVE THOUGHT THIS ONE THROUGH

It seems that every time we carry any kind of drug awareness article 
in the paper we receive a flood of letters to the editor from people 
keen to tell us that drugs aren't so bad at all.

There seems to be a group of people who spend their lives combing the 
Internet looking for such stories as an opportunity to argue their 
case that marijuana should be legalized.

That's fine. The letters page is a place for people to voice their 
opinions and as long as the letters are signed and refer specifically 
to a story in The Western Review we'll continue to run them. What's 
puzzling though is the degree of criticism a large number of these 
letter writers level at the police.

Now you can think what you want about whether or not marijuana should 
be legal. But surely no matter how much pot you've smoked you can 
figure this one out. The police are there to enforce the law. There 
are no ifs ands or buts to that statement. And as long as cannabis 
remains illegal in this country the RCMP should continue to arrest 
and prosecute the offenders.

If Canada's drug laws are as ill conceived as some would have us 
believe it's a problem for the politicians to deal with. Blaming the 
police for carrying out what is simply a very small part of the 
extremely difficult job they are paid to do is as foolish as it is pointless.
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