Binky
02-25-2009, 03:39 PM
MARIJUANA BOYCOTT WOULDN'T WORK
Ed Watson may be a "veteran British Columbia journalist," but his credentials don't support the notion of a boycott putting the drug gangs out of business. For one thing, few marijuana users will cooperate. A far more effective way of ending drug gangs is simply to repeal the drug laws that make their drug dealing so incredibly profitable. It's worth remembering that Eliot Ness never put the bootleggers out of business. Repeal and a regulated market for adult alcohol use did that in short order. Keep in mind that we haven't had a bombing or a shootout over beer routes since 1933.
Ralph Givens
Daly City, Calif.
Feb 24/09
Vancouver Sun
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Contact: http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/letters.html
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Ed Watson may be a "veteran British Columbia journalist," but his credentials don't support the notion of a boycott putting the drug gangs out of business. For one thing, few marijuana users will cooperate. A far more effective way of ending drug gangs is simply to repeal the drug laws that make their drug dealing so incredibly profitable. It's worth remembering that Eliot Ness never put the bootleggers out of business. Repeal and a regulated market for adult alcohol use did that in short order. Keep in mind that we haven't had a bombing or a shootout over beer routes since 1933.
Ralph Givens
Daly City, Calif.
Feb 24/09
Vancouver Sun
Copyright: 2009 The Vancouver Sun
Contact: http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/letters.html
Website: http://www.canada.com/vancouversun