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U.S. Warns Canada Against Easing Pot Laws 
Posted by CN Staff on May 02, 2003 at 07:08:20 PT
By CBC News Online Staff
Source: CBC
Vancouver - A top White House drug policy official is threatening retaliation from the U.S. if Canada relaxes its laws against marijuana possession. David Murray, right-hand man to U.S. "drug czar" John Walters, says he doesn't want to tread on another country's sovereignty, but warned there would be consequences if Canada proceeds with a plan to decriminalize the possession of marijuana. "We would have to respond. We would be forced to respond," said Murray. 
Murray didn't spell out what the American response would be, but he invoked images of tie-ups at border crossings and intense bureaucracy. He said if marijuana becomes more widely used in Canada, it could penetrate more widely into the U.S. Murray tried to express the feeling in the U.S. that looser drug laws go hand-in-hand with increase in crime and drug addiction among youth, and used some apocalyptic language to do it. "You can't wall this off saying, 'We're only talking about a little cannabis.' Our experience is they come together like the Four Horsemen," he said. Murray said Canada's reputation in the global community would be forever altered if it decided to decriminalize pot. "It's not just Canada's relationship with the United States that would change; it's Canada's relationship with the world," he said. In fact, many countries, notably in Europe, have already decriminalized marijuana, but none of them share a border with the U.S., where the policy is zero tolerance for smoking pot. Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Published: Friday, May 02, 2003 Copyright: 2003 CBCWebsite: http://www.cbc.ca/Contact: cbcinput toronto.cbc.caRelated Articles & Web Site:Cannabis News Canadian Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/can.htmU.S. Says Canada Cares Too Much About Liberties http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16130.shtmlU.S. Irked by PM's Pot Decriminalization Planshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16124.shtmlU.S. Unhappy About Canadian Law on Pothttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16119.shtml 
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Comment #3 posted by afterburner on May 02, 2003 at 11:28:47 PT:
Amen, billos
BUY the U.S. out and turn it back into the good ole' democracy we once knew. Amen.ego transcendence follows ego destruction, and suddenly there is no problem.
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Comment #2 posted by HST on May 02, 2003 at 11:12:46 PT
Tee hee.... 
"Murray said Canada's reputation in the global community would be forever altered if it decided to decriminalize pot."Irony rules.
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Comment #1 posted by billos on May 02, 2003 at 11:03:50 PT:
Canada
Come on Canada! Just stand up and tell Walters to go F himself. Tell him that you're going to legalize it, tax it and control it like alcohol. (of course, Walters doesn't feel that alcohol is a drug) Then you can tell the U.S. that you don't have to worry about their economic oppression because after you legalize cannabis your economy will just BOOM! Then you can BUY the U.S. out and turn it back into the good ole' democracy we once knew.
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