Pubdate: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 Source: Montreal Gazette (CN QU) Copyright: 2012 Canwest Publishing Inc. Contact: http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/letters.html Website: http://www.montrealgazette.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/274 Author: John Brohan Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n050/a01.html THE LEGALIZATION OF POT Re: "What are the Liberals smoking?" (Gazette, Jan. 17) Well, I hope it's not tobacco! That's really bad for you! Surely one of the goals of public policy is to deprive organized crime of its sources of income. Columnist Henry Aubin made many arguments against legalizing marijuana, but did not say why we should keep in place this failed war-on-drugs policy, which is a boon for organized crime. It's not perfect, but legalizing pot would put a dent in the war chest of the motorcycle gangs. John Brohan Dollar des Ormeaux - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom