Pubdate: Mon, 30 Dec 2013
Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Copyright: 2013 Canoe Limited Partnership.
Contact:  http://www.edmontonsun.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/135
Author: Larry Comeau
Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor.

POLICY DOWNSIDE

RE: 'Sex, drugs, Cons and polls.'

I sure hope the Harper government won't make policies on legalization 
of marijuana and prostitution based on public opinion polls. There is 
more downside than upside on both issues. Marijuana legalization 
would lead to more young people trying this harmful narcotic. Taking 
prostitutes off the street and putting them in brothels rather than 
protecting them, may leave them at the mercy of their pimps out of 
the public eye. In both cases, organized crime will gain a 
stronghold. This has happened in every country where legalization has 
been tried.

Larry Comeau

(Sadly, leadership-by-public-opinion is the flavour of the day.)
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom