A decade earlier, police caught 29,000 people with marijuana and pressed charged in all but 4,700 cases, or 16 per cent. His sentiment, backed by several academics and politicians, is to be studied by a House of Commons committee struck two weeks ago to examine illicit drugs. Poverty is a problem. War is a problem. The plight of women in Afghanistan is a problem.
Addiction is a problem.
Let's all get a grip here and legalize the damned stuff. A Senate committee is currently hearing presentations on the consequences of decriminalizing illicit drugs. In Parliament, Justice Minister Anne McLellan and Prime Minister Jean Chretien have given the go-ahead for a similar House of Commons look. Early this month all five federal parties in the House supported the creation of a special committee to hold hearings on the question. We've had almost eighty years of prohibition of cannabis.