Pubdate: Fri, 07 Aug 2009
Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Copyright: 2009 Canoe Limited Partnership.
Contact:  http://www.edmontonsun.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/135
Author: Bruce Codere
Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor, headline by newshawk

FEDS TAKE THEIR ORDERS FROM THE U.S.

Kerry Diotte is incredulous about Alberta's wacky tobacco laws, and 
explains why clearly and commendably. At least Alberta can have laws 
and regulations about the single most destructive drug we consume. 
Alberta cannot have laws and regulations for cannabis --a medicine 
safer than table salt -- because the feds take their orders from the 
U.S. Those feds repeat ad nauseum the lie that cannabis is dangerous 
and has no medicinal benefit, wreaking havoc on their population with 
a bent toward persecuting visible minorities. Granny Stormcrow's 
online list puts prohibitionist lies to shame -- but not to rest. 
It's an exhaustive compilation of the studies proving the medicinal 
efficacy of cannabis.Apples and oranges? Not really. More like one 
big fat red herring.

Bruce Codere

(It's injustice on many levels.)
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom