PAGE 2 ; Rick and Cont'd from Page &. marijuna. Despite any possible invalid Tesults, we equipped ourselves with a 35mm Pentax camera and a Hilroy notebook as we ventured out into the pedestrian land. Persons aged between 16 and 63 years fell into our: line of questioning. Asking consistant questions we seemed to receive consistant answers, oo All were generallyn favour of Marijuana. Some said hurrah for the government's attempt to support their favourite pastime while the others, the non-users, said if people want to smoke the drug, they are certainly going to smoke it. Harmful or not it should be legalized and thus make things a little simpler, Black marketing and possible chances of impure products would thus be done away with. Numerous jail terms would also he dispensed with. GARRY WALLER, 16: in favour. If legalized, people should smoke wherever they want, not restrictions like the drinking of liquor. I do not think Marijuana is a problem today. We all enjoy it. Yes, 1 think the government will soon legalize it, (Name witheld), 17; in favour. Would jike to see controlled sales. No, I would not use Marijuana more often if it were leagalized, DAN DUFFUS: 20; in favour, Freelance trading should be allowed and jail sentences be thrown-out, Marijuana led me away from chemical drugs, Marijuana easier on my health, Marijuana also easy to get here but expensive. Many kids here smoke the stuff. WOLFGANG WICHMANN, 20, against. It is harmful to smoke marijuana. My friend smokes marijuana regularly and really changed over past months, It would be harmful if legalized. I did try smoking it once. but was not impressed. GEORGE MANN, 63; in favour, I think government will legalize. Majority of people desire it and no harmful effects from marijuana are apparent. it is harmless, I would like to the same status given to the drug as presently given alcohol..what's the difference, I have never tried it myself (marijuana). JIMI ? 15; in favour. My big thing is to someday smoke with my parents. Turn them on. Yes, government will legalize marijuana...may be 10 years f- rom now. Should be sooner, I would hate to serve time behind bars. (Name Withheld) 55; my son spent time in jail for possession of marijuana, Legalization would solye a lot of problems. Just like prohibiton days. Underhanded methods of sales. Bootlegging. Should be controlled by government, These are only a few samples of opinions we heard this week. Out of 23 additional interviews 23 in-favour opinions resulted. No word from the federal government has come in this | respect, Further studies are being conducted and legislation into the matter awaits the finings of these (more science oriented) studies, - The Committee on Youth produced more of a youth census and did ‘And: We Ay ast-runni 356, Rick take-a stroll ' iw not go into the medical end of things. When B.C. Liberal party President Mel Couvelier spoke with the Herald last month he said legalization is really a far- off story. Personally he spoke oaWolfgang Wichmann against the legalization of marijuana and cited past experiences with people of the medical profession which put ill-effects on the usage of the drugs. ; If you happened to be left out in our street survey and ‘feel quite strongly about the matter, send your letters to the herald, box 399, (editorial department) Tractor trailer spills... Damage figures were high Thursday when a tractor trailer driven by Ernest Barley of Lacombe, Alberta went into the ditch on a stretch of Highway 16, near Remo. Police estimate $1400 in damages after Barley was eastbound on the highway and had attempted to pass a parked transport truck, While passing, the right rear of the trailer caught the parked truck and froced the tractor trailer out of control. Unable to correct the loss of . control on the ensuing piece of narrow read, Barley could nat: prevent his vehicle from goiig,”, into the ditch, . Petia Police report no injuries nor’. charges, The accident was said to have occurred around 6 pm., September 16. _ 0 eee kei, antes thaw eee Dak . TERRACE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C. ‘Can you dig it? Getting a Joint statement from local towns people about the legalization of marijuana sure has its drawbacks. Getting a joint of marijuana from the towns people would indeed be a muc simpler task. Nevertheless, I joined staff member Rick Knight this week and together we ventured out into the wonderful world of pedestrians, Perhaps my spurs were showing, but many persons thought that instead of being curious nosed newspaper reporters we. were really a pair of narcotic experts working for the RCMP (plainclothed division). A lot of persons seemed quite responsive to our questions and freely iet their tongues flap away. Others pulled up the zippers on their head bonnets and quite honestly ran away, dropping 7 their joints in the grassas they quickly turned from us. Giving information and personal opinions seemed to be one th- ing, but giving. a name and standing for a few seconds in front of .., another and very unusual thing ‘ 35mm Pentax camera lens was to find in our interviewees. We did, despite large odds, manage to get a few names and photos. Those who refused to cooperate did have their feeble . - excuses. The young people were afraid of how their parents - . might react to seeing their son’s - daughter's name in the paper ~ in regards tosuch an unspeakable topic as marijuana. ‘The old people were in turn afraid of how: their son’s and’daughters might react. Unfortunately, there were not enough orphans or bachelors in the crowd {o constitute a fair responsible opinion poll. pictorial nor We would like to thank those persons who freely cooperated with us, We will in turn try to do justice to your photograph. To - the frightened ones, we say thank you anyways and a segement of our detective department will look after you. | The Terrace Air: Cadets advise that there has been ‘a change in the dates of their parades. The cadets will be parading on Tharsday nights at 7:00 p,m. In the basement of Skeena Secondary School. All boys 13 fo 18 inclusive will be welcome. XXXXXXK : . The Terrace Community * Where are leaks most ~ to oecur, and what's the beat, * way to patch them? Jacee Week is September 18-25 September 18 - 25th has been proclaimed as Jaycee Week in Canada. The Terrace Junior Chamber of Commerce Unit is planning a Membership drive during this week. All interested young men between the ages of 18 and 40 are invited to attand their dinner meeting September 22nd at 6:30 p.m. at the Blue Gables Restaurant on Hiway 16 West. been: Bob Cooper, Frank Skidmore, Arnie Apples, -Jeff Harris, Dr, Ken McPherson and In past years the local Jaycee - Unit has been very active, more recently they have been involved in such projects as the Arena Fund campaign, The Terrace Air Show, and sponsoring Ail Candidate meetings at election time: The loca] unit also produces the only .. authentic Fishing