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Pot less harmful than alcohol: Senate report
Last Updated Wed, 04 Sep 2002 14:27:19 - CBC News

OTTAWA - Marijuana is less harmful than alcohol and should be governed by the same sort of regulations, says a Senate committee. In its final report, released on Wednesday, the Special Committee on Illegal Drugs says the government should make smoking pot legal, and should wipe clean the records of anyone convicted of possession. In particular, the committee wants the government to deal quickly with issues surrounding medical use of marijuana. Advocates of legalizing marijuana say the report goes much farther than they expected, and would address some of the real problems associated with drug trade.
"Our current drug laws fund organized crime, they fund terrorist groups around the world," Eugene Oscapella, executive director of the Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy, told CBC Newsworld.

"Our policies that we build around this drug are far more harmful than the drug itself."

Hmmmm! That aught to get their attention on the Potomic!!! I wonder if Ottawa will be added to the "axis of evil" now??

posted by A Curmudgeon 12:20 PM