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Letter to Editor: Police enforcement ineffective
By Hempology | July 13, 2007
Victoria Times-Colonist, BC
13 Jul 2007
MARIJUANA LAWS DO HARM, NOT GOOD
It’s remarkable that Canada has almost three times more pot smokers than Holland, where it is legal. The main effects our laws seem to have is ensuring that we spend more money on ineffective police enforcement and incarceration of otherwise law-abiding citizens.
Gangs like it illegal because it makes them lots of money, much of which is used to promote other criminal activities and some to finance terrorism.
There is more damage done to individuals by giving them criminal records, limiting their travel and careers, than from occasionally smoking pot.
The prohibition against alcohol didn’t work; isn’t it time we smartened up and changed our approach to pot? Wouldn’t selling it in the liquor stores and using the tax money collected for some good be a better approach?
David Dunlop, Sidney
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