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.) - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom