Pubdate: Sat, 11 Apr 2009
Source: Peterborough Examiner, The (CN ON)
Copyright: 2009 Osprey Media Group Inc.
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Author: K. N. Greenan

DRUGS LEGAL, OUTDOOR SMOKING BANNED?

Listening to a program on the CBC recently I was disgusted but not 
surprised at what I was hearing. It seems that some experts think 
that "drugs" should be legalized.

What? Have they given up and thrown in the towel by giving criminals 
their way on this very serious issue? Our children will not be safe 
in the schools and it has been proven that the school authorities do 
not have any control .

I'm sure about one thing, if I had a son or a daughter at any school 
in Peterborough they would not be there for long. On the other hand , 
the city has passed a bylaw where if you smoke a standard tobacco 
cigarette at an outdoor venue you are charged and fined. Sounds like 
someone has got their values mixed up. I would think that smoking a 
cigarette outdoors would not be a problem . . and smoking at a bus stop?

I thought that this was a joke when I first heard of it, but it seems 
not. Who thinks up all this stupidity and gets paid for it? It won't 
be long until they start to check the houses and if there are 
children at home . . . guess what?

I am a non-smoker, but feel that they are carrying this a bit too far 
when these people involved in the "grow-op" business get away with a 
slap on the wrist or a trivial fine .

K. N. Greenan

Barnardo Avenue
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