Pubdate: Wed, 02 Nov 2016
Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Copyright: 2016 Canoe Limited Partnership.
Contact: http://www.edmontonsun.com/letter-to-editor
Website: http://www.edmontonsun.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/135
Author: Larry Comeau
Page: 14
Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor.

POT SQUABBLE

I would appreciate if letter writer Mr. White would verify his facts
before disputing those in my recent letter.

Maybe marijuana is not considered a narcotic in his state of Colorado, 
but in Canada it remains under the Narcotic Control regulations, laws I 
enforced for many years.

If he took time to check recently released Washington State information 
he would have discovered road deaths 'have doubled' since it legalized 
marijuana.

His own state of Colorado, that he claims has embraced legalized pot, in 
fact warned the Trudeau government to go slowly in its plans to legalize 
marijuana, especially because of the problems it has had keeping it out 
of the hands of its youth.

Like so many advocates of pot legalization, Mr. White is trying
to paint a very positive picture.

Larry Comeau

(Like with alcohol, there are downsides, but legalization is on it's
way.)
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