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Canada: Prohibition increases youth drug risks

Judith Renaud M.A., Comox Valley Echo

Canada.com

Friday 21 Oct 2011

As an educator I have listened to what some drug education programs have offered. I understand why youth do not trust us. We have lied to them about the dangers of marijuana. We need to get the record straight so our students can trust us and rely on us for quality, relevant, science and evidenced-based drug education.

Public education lacks funding. Our schools scrape by with little or no funding for health-based compassionate drug education programs.

The Conservative government's mandatory minimum Bill C-10 will take millions away from funding our schools and health programs and will use that money to build prisons.

Cannabis should be legalized, controlled and regulated because it is potentially harmful to young people.

If we legalize cannabis our students will be able to concentrate better at school when their non-violent parents are not in jail for marijuana; having a parent in jail leads to family poverty. Hungry kids can't concentrate.

Prohibition means that organized crime controls the market, drug dealers do not ask for ID. They will sell anything to anyone who has the cash.

Prohibition means organized crime gets wealthy and young people find that 'bling' attractive.

Is organized crime the business career we want for our youth? Our government thinks so.

Prohibition is making our children sick, sad and unsafe.

Judith Renaud M.A. Executive Director Educators for Sensible Drug Policy www.efsdp.org Gibsons, B.C.

http://www.canada.com/Prohibition+increases+youth+drug+risks/5585081/story.html

 

 

 

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