Pubdate: Sat, 27 Jan 2018
Source: Delta Optimist (CN BC)
Copyright: 2018 Lower Mainland Publishing Group Inc
Contact:  http://www.delta-optimist.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1265
Author: Gary Gibbons

GOOD REASONS TO LEGALIZE POT

Editor:

Re: Greed turns governments into bookie, bootlegger and dealer, 
Community Comment, Jan. 19

Just a small clarification on Greg Hoover's column. He stated, "The
entire reason for this (marijuana) legalization is money and nothing
else." That's a very non-researched and inaccurate assumption.

There are many good reasons to take this useful and comparatively
harmless herb out of courts, off the streets, out of the hands of
organized crime and, hopefully, away from children.

Of course, teens will still manage to access it just as they're able
to get alcohol and cigarettes, but it won't be quite as easy with
proper laws in place.

If we follow Amsterdam's lead, which seems to help society there,
prostitution may be another "vice" worth looking at controlling.

Gary Gibbons
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MAP posted-by: Matt