Pubdate: Sat, 25 Mar 2017
Source: Vancouver Sun (CN BC)
Copyright: 2017 Postmedia Network Inc.
Contact:  http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/477
Authors: Kent and Belinda Dykstra
Page: B4
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v17/n095/a02.html

SELLING MARIJUANA IS STILL ILLEGAL, SO TRAFFICKERS SHOULD BE CHARGED

Re: Arrest of Emerys tarnishes justice in Canada, Ian Mulgrew column, 
March 10.

Ian Mulgrew asks the question, "How can any police department on the
eve of legalization be criminally charging people, especially over
conduct for which the City of Vancouver issues business licences?"

The answer is simple: Thankfully, in Canada, the rule of law applies.
Selling marijuana is illegal; thus, those who sell it should be
criminally charged. The fact that some disagree with the law does not
change the law. The fact that some predict legalization does not
change the law. The fact that the City of Vancouver issues a business
licence for this does not change the law, despite Mulgrew's implied
opinion that Vancouver knows better than the rest of the country.

Kent and Belinda Dykstra,

Surrey
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