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Marijuana prohibition is a costly failure and the federal government
shouldn't throw good money after bad by increasing law enforcement
budgets, says the chairman of a Senate committee that is
recommending the drug be legalized.
Sen. Pierre-Claude Nolin said the only way to stem drug use in
Canada is to approach substance abuse as a public health problem,
not a legal one.
"We spend $1.5 billion a year in the war on drugs. If it's said
resources are insufficient for policing, how much further do we want
to go ... some might say it's immoral to give children psychoactive
substances. It's also immoral to encourage organized crime by making
those substances illegal," said Nolin, who yesterday addressed a
plenary session of World Forum 2002, a conference on drugs and
dependencies taking place at the Palais des Congres.
Pubdate: Thu, 26 Sep 2002
Source: Montreal Gazette (CN QU)
Copyright: 2002 The Gazette, a division of Southam Inc.
shouldn't throw good money after bad by increasing law enforcement
budgets, says the chairman of a Senate committee that is
recommending the drug be legalized.
Sen. Pierre-Claude Nolin said the only way to stem drug use in
Canada is to approach substance abuse as a public health problem,
not a legal one.
"We spend $1.5 billion a year in the war on drugs. If it's said
resources are insufficient for policing, how much further do we want
to go ... some might say it's immoral to give children psychoactive
substances. It's also immoral to encourage organized crime by making
those substances illegal," said Nolin, who yesterday addressed a
plenary session of World Forum 2002, a conference on drugs and
dependencies taking place at the Palais des Congres.
Pubdate: Thu, 26 Sep 2002
Source: Montreal Gazette (CN QU)
Copyright: 2002 The Gazette, a division of Southam Inc.
