Only in Canada

The federal government is finally ready to decriminalize marijuana, but they're also planning to spend $245 million on an "educational" program asking us not to smoke the stuff. Rex Murphy has the details.

$245 million. Just under a quarter of a billion dollars. To blunt the impact of its own legislation. Directed at people who, as a rule, don't pay much attention to government-sponsored public service announcements. Remember that next time you have to wait months to get your MRI, or when our soldiers have to hitch a ride with the Yanks because we don't have proper transport aircraft.

Posted by damian at June 1, 2003 10:33 AM