Thursday, November 25, 2004

Question of the Day

Whenever I see articles like this piece in the Windsor Star:
Canadians are smoking pot more than ever before and the majority want police and government to leave people to indulge in peace.

It makes me wonder if the majority of Canadians realize that the most common form of marijuana consumption is by SMOKING. If the general consensus is that smoking cigarettes are harmful for the individual and society; why would the smoking of marijuana be a safer alternative? If you can’t smoke cigarettes in public in peace, why should you be able to smoke marijuana in peace? If you think cigarettes smell bad then the smell of a spliff will simply overwhelm you. If a public health goal is the cessation of smoking while would you support the legalization of another smoking substance?

4 comments:

Matt said...

The problem with your position, Kate, is that it requires something resembling intellectual consistency.

Temujin said...

And that kind of consistency willnever get you anywhere... especially in Canada.

james said...

I've always found this little dicotomy amusing, all these self indulgent health nuts that want to ban everything bad in sight, but don't take our weed away man!
Insanity! I have no idea why this is such an issue these days...

Babbling Brooks said...

I'm sorry to say the only way to keep marijuana illegal in Canada is to lace it with trans-fats.