Pubdate: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 Source: Province, The (CN BC) Copyright: 2010 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: Terry McKinney WEIRD SCIENCE Jon Ferry quotes a Vancouver police officer linking marijuana and cancer. Where do these people come up with this stuff? Ferry should understand that the older the article the less relevant -- not the other way around. Taxing a weed will be an interesting social experiment, at least as successful as prohibition. It should work for those who don't have a green thumb or the time or space to grow. The rest of us will probably have our medical exemption by then. Terry McKinney, Vancouver - --- MAP posted-by: Keith Brilhart