Pubdate: Tue, 20 Dec 2016
Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB)
Copyright: 2016 The Calgary Sun
Contact: http://www.calgarysun.com/letter-to-editor
Website: http://www.calgarysun.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/67
Author: Jackie Reimer
Page: 14
Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor.

BAD IDEA

The public is being asked what should be the legal age to buy
marijuana? This is a joke right? Is this an unstoppable bus? Just
wondering if Premier Rachel Notley has consulted any recovering
addicts? They are all screaming at their TVs, "Don't legalize it!" My
question is, "Who is going to pay for the aftermath? Is the government
prepared to open and run more treatment centres? You must know that
weed is not just weed anymore. It is being laced with the deadly drug
fentanyl.

But even weed by itself has incredibly devastating effects on the brain. 
The Canadian Medical association have already done the
research and found that a person should be over 25 in order to protect
the development of the brain and possible mental illness. Is that not
research enough to realize the devastating affect legalization would
have on us as a society? This should not be a popular vote wins. long
after Notley is no longer in government, someone else is going to have
to clean up this mess.

Jackie Reimer

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(It's not the province that's legalizing marijuana. They just have to
deal with it.)
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MAP posted-by: Matt