I remember years ago sitting in court while working, waiting for all of the trials of the day to get under way, wondering just who would lose what that day and who if anyone would go home. I can‘t imagine how the good Reverends felt having no home to go to. And what it’s like for Marc Emery, who will not be allowed to go home for the next while. Maybe years.

Why do we incarcerate non-violent drug offenders? I could never figure that out. Just who are they hurting? People make choices in life. Sometimes those choices may not be good for us, but that doesn’t make them all illegal and it certainly doesn’t always warrant jail.

Hopefully soon LEAP’S message will get out there even further and people everywhere will learn that once all drugs are legalized and regulated these sorts of things just will not happen. Until then, we continue our work on the front lines…..