At Monday’s regular council meeting, Michel Labonte made a
presentation to council about legalizing drugs in Moose Jaw and the rest of
Canada. He said that people who use Ritalin, alcohol, tobacco or coffee aren’t
criminalized and the war on drugs is causing people to be killed in their quest
to illegally obtain drugs. He said the country is spending billions to keep the
war on drugs going and legalizing all drugs would make for a better use of
resources.
For example, he said those with a business licence could sell
marijuana to the public. He said legalizing drugs would eliminate Canada’s “own
oppressive law against its own people” and to demonstrate to the world that
“compassion and tolerance do have to prevail if a country truly wish(es) to
respect the human rights and the freedoms of all its citizens.”
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