Dear editor,
It seems to me that our Canadian government has adopted a double standard when it comes to the use of medicinal marijuana.
Even though marijuana has been proven to be a multi-purposed practical natural medicine, and Health Canada has approved its use medicinally, why then are Comox Valley residents having difficulty in obtaining a doctor referral?
I believe that people should have the right in choosing the medicine that works best for them. I believe that people, not government, know which type of medicine allows them to enjoy an improved standard of living.
Marijuana’s illegal cost is undeniable.
It is well-known that billions of tax dollars dollars each year end up underground, away from public coffers. Those same billions of dollars could end up being tax revenue, could help decrease poverty, increase the services of universal health care, improve social programs, stimulate job creation, finance low-income housing, and pay into the deficit.
Billions of dollars are needlessly wasted in clogging up the legal system with archaic marijuana laws.
The current government is planning to spend billions of dollars to build prisons when the crime rate is falling. Is there something wrong with this picture?
The time has come Canadians to vote for a socially responsible government in Canada. If we do not, then we have no one but ourselves to blame.
Filipe Andrade,
Comox Valley
