IF YOU WANT TO LOSE YOUR PROBLEMS, GET HIGH ON LIFE

Re: Vision Only Leads to More Crime, Addiction and Drugs.

I happen to agree with the City of Hamilton's tough stance on marijuana and
I do not agree with the logic behind groups that wish to legalize
marijuana. How can legalizing or lessening criminal sanctions on marijuana
reduce drug use in our community?

I don't mean to offend people who think differently, but I do not wish to
have cannabis legalized. I do not want more people smoking pot. I do not
want it more available or more accessible by "controlling" it or
"regulating" it. I do not want our laws making it easier to smoke up.

In fact, we need more addiction services, such as Come Walk a Mile. We need
more intervention and education of children and young people, which the
city's public health and community services and the Hamilton Police Service
are currently doing.

We need to help people break free of the allure of drugs' empty promise of
comfort - often with calamity in its wake. And, we really need laws that
will actually help rather than hinder the Police in clamping down on drugs
and drug crimes.

The indifference to society's problems is great enough without more people
smoking pot and zoning out.

If you want to lose your problems and get high, then get high on life. Go
visit the senior in the apartment next door who is lonely. Become a Scout
leader. Organize a ball hockey game for the kids in your neighbourhood.

Help make this a better place. You don't need drugs to make you feel good.

Marsha Duncan

Ancaster