Pubdate: Tue, 28 Apr 2009
Source: Vancouver Sun (CN BC)
Copyright: 2009 The Vancouver Sun
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Author: Paul Shuley
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n455/a01.html

MARIJUANA: THE JUSTICE MINISTER SHOULD KNOW BETTER

Re: Pot is 'currency' for harder drugs, Canada & World, April 23 I 
have to wonder what colour the sky is on federal Justice Minister Rob 
Nicholson's planet. Anybody with a gram of sense knows that the only 
reason pot can be "currency" for hard drugs is because of its illegality.

Marijuana should be kept away from kids, and anyone with a desire to 
retain what he or she is learning, but it's not cocaine, it's not 
heroin and it's certainly not a gun. It's a herb that occurs 
naturally and has been manipulated by growers to become more powerful 
- -- just as apples are manipulated to become juicier or redder.

All that continuing its prohibition will accomplish is to criminalize 
its proponents. It's time for the Conservative puppets to pay 
attention, so as to stop taking steps backward on this issue.

Paul Shuley

Port Coquitlam
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