WONDERLAND-LY ABSURD

Re: Pot proponents come out in full force (April 21)

The whole issue of marijuana legalization demonstrates the insanity
and hypocrisy inherent in our society. These 4/20 people are asking
that a herb with dozens of medical applications be legalized and
regulated into the legitimate economy -- not just so they can enjoy
it, but also so it will reduce the profits reaped by gangsters due to
the prohibition on it, and reduce the public violence and soaring
costs associated with it. These "potheads" want something that is
unregulated and subsidizing gangsters to be regulated and taxed, but
the government and police want it to remain unregulated and
controlled by gangsters.

Yet the potheads get labelled as the crazy ones. All over a herb that
has never killed a single person in the history of mankind.
Seriously, this issue is completely, utterly, Alice-In-Wonderland-ly absurd.

Russell Barth

Patients Against Ignorance and Discrimination on Cannabis

Nepean, Ont.