Pubdate: Mon, 25 Aug 2008
Source: Province, The (CN BC)
Copyright: 2008 Canwest Publishing Inc.
Contact: http://www.canada.com/theprovince/letters.html
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476
Author: David Lane

NEWFANGLED PROHIBITION

It's ironic that Health Minister Tony Clement's support for the
radical experiment of prohibition is called old-fashioned.

The old-fashioned way we dealt with drugs was to sell them all at the
local drug store.

Adults took personal responsibility for their own use and those who
developed drug-abuse problems were treated by doctors and health care
professionals.

Humans have used drugs as long as we've been on the planet.
Prohibition has been around less than 100 years.

David Lane, Santa Cruz, Calif.
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