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Letter: Canada:: Cannabis Ought to be Legalized

Alun Buffry

Calgary Sun, Canada

Saturday 14 Dec 2002

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CANNABIS OUGHT TO BE LEGALIZED

Just an observation relevant to the government's plans to ease up on
cannabis smokers in Canada. I visited Haarlem, a city in Holland, a
couple of weeks ago, calling in at several of their cannabis cafes and a
hemp museum. After that, I have no doubt whatsoever that cannabis ought
to be legalized. Obviously people have and will continue to smoke
cannabis whatever the law says.

The difference in Holland is that they are given some measure of
protection by being allowed to buy from a source where hard drugs are
not avail-able, and smoke it in safety. I also glanced at Dutch figures
for hard drug addiction and death.

They are remarkably low compared with the rest of Europe and the U.S.
Holland is also able to tax the profits the dealers make and use the
money for purposes far better than catching pot-smokers.

Alun Buffry

 

 

 

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