http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/tomyoung/2007/10/04/tom-says-prohibition-never-worked-and-never-will/ Just another Rogers Radio Blog weblog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:55:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.3-2.2.1 http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/tomyoung/2007/10/04/tom-says-prohibition-never-worked-and-never-will/#comment-23 Gord Billington Fri, 05 Oct 2007 01:43:19 +0000 http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/tomyoung/2007/10/04/tom-says-prohibition-never-worked-and-never-will/#comment-23 I’m not one who partakes, but marijuana use is wide spread throughout my friends and acquaintances. I don’t mind saying, that the vast majority of these people, don’t fit the drug dealer/lord stereotype. They are average Canadians, leading average lives that choose this method to relax and unwind. The ones, they would consider producers, don’t grow for the purpose of trafficking but to save money and regulate the quality of what they use. Could this be a knee jerk reaction to the recent report that list us 5th in the world for cannabis use? Seems plausible, but an older report stated that 45% of us have tried it at least once. So should half of our fellow countrymen be subject to the full extent of the law? Seems drastic! We not only lead the G8 countries in cannabis use but also in the promotion of medical marijuana, which I can’t help but feel, is in jeopardy. All of this must cause some awkward silences, between Prime Minister Steve and his good buddy George W. Who I know, shook his fist to the north, every time we discussed the decriminalization of marijuana. Safe to say this new agenda will bring us back into the fold. After all these baby steps forward towards a realistic policy, we are taking one giant step back and over the precipice. I’m not one who partakes, but marijuana use is wide spread throughout my friends and acquaintances. I don’t mind saying, that the vast majority of these people, don’t fit the drug dealer/lord stereotype. They are average Canadians, leading average lives that choose this method to relax and unwind.
The ones, they would consider producers, don’t grow for the purpose of trafficking but to save money and regulate the quality of what they use.
Could this be a knee jerk reaction to the recent report that list us 5th in the world for cannabis use? Seems plausible, but an older report stated that 45% of us have tried it at least once. So should half of our fellow countrymen be subject to the full extent of the law? Seems drastic!
We not only lead the G8 countries in cannabis use but also in the promotion of medical marijuana, which I can’t help but feel, is in jeopardy. All of this must cause some awkward silences, between Prime Minister Steve and his good buddy George W. Who I know, shook his fist to the north, every time we discussed the decriminalization of marijuana. Safe to say this new agenda will bring us back into the fold. After all these baby steps forward towards a realistic policy, we are taking one giant step back and over the precipice.

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