Pubdate: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 Source: Province, The (CN BC) Copyright: 2014 Postmedia Network Inc. Contact: http://www2.canada.com/theprovince/letters.html Website: http://www.theprovince.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476 Author: Angie Bayer Page: 23 THINK OF THE CHILDREN! What is wrong with our society? How can parents keep their children in line and off drugs when the police and the media are putting out the impression that it is OK to use and sell drugs on Canada Day. Correct me if I am wrong! I was watching the news on Canada Day and right in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery there was the sale of illegal drugs. It said that they were selling marijuana and hash brownies on the street and police were just watching. Both are still illegal drugs but police said they were just there to make sure nothing got out of hand. I think things are already out of hand when police sit back and just watch illegal activity openly happening on our streets and do absolutely nothing about it! How can I tell my children not to break the law when our society openly allows it to happen? What's next, Vancouver? Will heroin users be allowed to stick a needle in their arm in public because it is OK to celebrate Canada Day? Better yet, let's allow people to commit murder but not lay charges because it is Canada Day. Laws are laws. Let's get back on the right track. If you break the law, you get arrested no matter what day it is. Parents can't tell their children it is OK to do something on one day but not the next. Something is either right or wrong. Angie Bayer, Langley - --- MAP posted-by: Matt