Freedom Flyer June 1994 Cover

Freedom Flyer 25

the official newsletter of the
Freedom Party of Ontario

June 1994



PROHIBITION STILL A FAILURE,
SAYS METZ

TORONTO (August 22, 1993) - FP leader Robert Metz made his second annual appearance at a rally sponsored by the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). Metz's message focused on identifying the winners and losers under marijuana prohibition and on why drug prohibition fuels the very vices it purports to prevent.

WINNERS

"The main winners under marijuana prohibition are drug traffickers and politicians," argued Metz. "Drug traffickers not only got a government-subsidized monopoly on their trade in illegal drugs, but also benefit from the tax-free status on 100% of their artificially high profits. Drug traffickers are among the most ardent supporters of drug prohibition.

"Politicians benefit by getting votes and power. There's little political risk in calling for tougher drug laws. Most of the voting public, sadly, still believe much of the misinformation and outright myths that are being promoted by prohibitionists.

LOSERS

"The losers are taxpayers and the public who are forced to contend with an artificial increase in criminal activity associated more with the prohibition of cannabis rather than with its use. The other main group of losers are cannabis users themselves who, on the basis of their drug use alone, are considered criminals even though they may be law-abiding in every other respect. This also leads to a general decline in respect for law and order, particularly when the legal consequences of a personal choice on drugs can often be worse than those imposed on robbers, rapists, thieves and murderers."




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