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Legalize Pot, Says Mayor Campbell
Posted by CN Staff on May 28, 2003 at 09:08:19 PT
CBC News 
Source: CBC
Vancouver - Vancouver Mayor Larry Campbell says the proposed federal legislation to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana doesn't go far enough. The mayor says he wants to see the outright legalization of pot. "I think we should legalize it, we should tax it to the max and take all the money that we get from it and put it straight into health care." "That way you don't have to worry about grow ops," he says. If you want to grow yourself a little bit of marijuana, you grow it. Who really cares, quite frankly?" 
As for large-scale pot producers, Campbell – a former RCMP drug officer who now chairs the city's police board – says the new law achieves nothing. He says big-time growers will continue to risk arrest despite tougher penalties written into the new legislation. "As long as you have that huge profit for, let's say face it, not all that much risk, it's just going to continue on," says the mayor. He also says the new legislation won't do much to improve community safety, because it doesn't address the issues of grow op violence and gang drug wars. Big Picture: Marijuana: http://www.cbc.ca/news/indepth/marijuana/Cannabis Reform Bill: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/media/releases/2003/2003_34bk2.htm Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Published: May 28, 2003Copyright: 2003 CBCContact: letters cbc.ca Website: http://www.cbc.ca/Related Articles & Web Site:Cannabis News Canadian Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/can.htmA Realistic Revision of The Cannabis Lawhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16421.shtmlNew Pot Law Won't Cause Policing Changes http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16411.shtmlCanada Moves to Ease Marijuana Possession Law http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16407.shtml
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Comment #3 posted by herbdoc215 on May 28, 2003 at 17:36:48 PT
Several of us worked and campaigned for COPE
I would have to say that other than Campbell, Hillary was best known member of Board of COPE (organisation that ended 'good old boy' strangle-hold on Vancouver politics) and many of us crossed the lines to support thse men all we could as the choice for sanity and life...Campbell was also the coroner SO he KNOWS what causes harm and what doesn't! The rest of Canda can play all the chardes they want but the jig is up here in "Vansterdam"...just in the nick of time also it seems? Peace, steve tuck 
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Comment #2 posted by til on May 28, 2003 at 15:09:06 PT
Meet the Mayor
Larry Campbell may be my new hero,finally a sensible leader.
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Comment #1 posted by FoM on May 28, 2003 at 09:33:29 PT
This Is What Is Needed
A small article that says a lot!
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