Pubdate: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 Source: Province, The (CN BC) Copyright: 2008 Canwest Publishing Inc. Contact: http://www.canada.com/theprovince/letters.html Website: http://www.canada.com/theprovince/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476 Author: Richard Wise TAX BENEFITS Marijuana is a billion-dollar industry that costs the government money to fight, when it could be reaping the benefits in taxes. Seems too easy a problem to fix to me. I suppose those of higher moral value would disagree -- though next time they have to go to an emergency room and be told to wait 12 months for their MRI, there might be some change of mind. Really, why are we letting this criminal element dictate the rules? For the record, I am not a pot smoker, and believe that dope is for dopes, though this really is of no consequence. Richard Wise, Port Moody - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake