Education Will Reduce Use

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Some people hear the word "legalization" and automatically think it will lead to an increase in pot use.

Any young kid will tell you that it's easier to buy illegal drugs like pot than it is to buy the legal drugs: alcohol and tobacco

In Holland, where pot has been decriminalized, marijuana use is lower than in the U.S. or Canada.

The key lies in strict regulation and education, especially of youth, about the perils of smoking too much pot. It's the same approach that is taken towards cigarettes.

Although legalization of pot will put the grow-ops out of business, there will still be significant criminal activity related to pot.

Most B.C. bud is shipped to the U.S., and as long as it remains illegal south of the border, there will be money to be made.

And don't count on pot becoming legal in the U.S. anytime soon.

The U.S. Supreme Court just outlawed medicinal marijuana.

Go figure.

Trevor Macrae, Coquitlam

Pubdate: Sun, 12 Jun 2005
Source: Province, The (CN BC)
Copyright: 2005 The Province
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