Pot times July 18, 2005
Use Same Tactics As With `Druggies'
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1135/a02.htmlNewshawk: Herb
Pubdate: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 USE SAME TACTICS AS WITH 'DRUGGIES'
Source: Toronto Star (CN ON)
Copyright: 2005 The Toronto Star
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Author: Russell Barth
Re: Obesity now on Ontario hit list, July 14.
If the government's "war on fat" goes half as well as its "war on
drugs," then there should be a dramatic increase in obesity over the next
decade. Why don't we spend billions every year arresting and incarcerating
obese people like we do with drug users? Maybe Tim Hortons could be reclassified
as a "drug cartel?" Obesity already causes more deaths each year, and
is a much bigger strain on our health-care system than illegal drugs, so why not
use the same tactics with fat people as we use with "druggies?"
Russell Barth
Ottawa
