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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 20
10 -0800
From: "D. Paul Stanford" <stanford@crrh.org>
To: restore@crrh.org
Subject: Canada: High Times Are Here
Message-ID: <5.0.0.25.2.20001130202450.04f4f9d0@mail.olywa.net>
Newshawk: creator@mapinc.org
Pubdate: Thu, 30 Nov 2000
Source: Halifax Daily News (CN NS)
Copyright: 2000 The Daily News.
Contact: letterstoeditor@hfxnews.southam.ca
Website: https://www.hfxnews.southam.ca/
HIGH TIMES ARE HERE
From the editorial desk of Montreal's The Gazette
Take a closer look at those election results and you'll see that the
Marijuana Party seems to be rolling its own little success story in
Canadian politics.
No, we're not smoking something - the results speak for themselves. The
Marijuana party ran in 73 ridings and polled more than 66,000 votes, or
about two per cent of the votes cast in those constituencies. In some
ridings, its candidates outpolled established parties. In Laurier Ste.
Marie, for example, which was won by Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe,
Marijuana Party candidate Marc-Boris St.-Maurice got more votes than
candidates for the NDP, the Progressive Conservatives or the Canadian Alliance.
Where there's smoke, there must be fire. It's probably true that some of
this support was a protest vote against establishment politics, but it's
more likely that the Marijuana party is starting to catch fire with its
message that pot should be legalized.
Legalization would be a step too far, but decriminalizing the simple
possession of marijuana would be worth a good look by the federal
government. So, too, would a policy to make marijuana available for
medicinal purposes.
What's really remarkable is that all those marijuana smokers were able to
make it all the way to the polling booths on Monday without stopping off
for munchies.
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Distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in
receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.
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MAP posted-by: Keith Brilhart
10 -0800From: "D. Paul Stanford" <stanford@crrh.org>
To: restore@crrh.org
Subject: Canada: High Times Are Here
Message-ID: <5.0.0.25.2.20001130202450.04f4f9d0@mail.olywa.net>
Newshawk: creator@mapinc.org
Pubdate: Thu, 30 Nov 2000
Source: Halifax Daily News (CN NS)
Copyright: 2000 The Daily News.
Contact: letterstoeditor@hfxnews.southam.ca
Website: https://www.hfxnews.southam.ca/
HIGH TIMES ARE HERE
From the editorial desk of Montreal's The Gazette
Take a closer look at those election results and you'll see that the
Marijuana Party seems to be rolling its own little success story in
Canadian politics.
No, we're not smoking something - the results speak for themselves. The
Marijuana party ran in 73 ridings and polled more than 66,000 votes, or
about two per cent of the votes cast in those constituencies. In some
ridings, its candidates outpolled established parties. In Laurier Ste.
Marie, for example, which was won by Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe,
Marijuana Party candidate Marc-Boris St.-Maurice got more votes than
candidates for the NDP, the Progressive Conservatives or the Canadian Alliance.
Where there's smoke, there must be fire. It's probably true that some of
this support was a protest vote against establishment politics, but it's
more likely that the Marijuana party is starting to catch fire with its
message that pot should be legalized.
Legalization would be a step too far, but decriminalizing the simple
possession of marijuana would be worth a good look by the federal
government. So, too, would a policy to make marijuana available for
medicinal purposes.
What's really remarkable is that all those marijuana smokers were able to
make it all the way to the polling booths on Monday without stopping off
for munchies.
__________________________________________________________________________
Distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in
receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.
---
MAP posted-by: Keith Brilhart
