VISION VANCOUVER'S LICENSING ZEAL SMELLS LIKE PROHIBITION

If the same principles Vision Vancouver councillor Kerry Jang cites
for licensing a business were applied to marijuana prohibition,
marijuana would be legalized immediately ["Prince of Pot vows to
defend his HQ", April 9-16].

No one can deny that disrupting people's lives for no good reason is
lawless, and there is no question that marijuana prohibition has an
undue impact on every neighbourhood in Canada. Lastly, Marc Emery's
Cannabis Culture Headquarters costs no more to police than any other
retail store in Vancouver.

Keeping marijuana illegal is an assault on the rights of every citizen
in Canada.

Ralph Givens

Daly City, Calif.