Youth counsellor Mike Robinson laments students' enthusiasm for the Marijuana Party during a "practice federal election" held in the area schools (letter to the editor, Feb. 3.) I expect the students cheered the alcohol party as well, possibly even the Tylenol party. What? There are no such parties? Could that be because those substances can be legally obtained and thus are stripped of youthful-rebellion potential?

After decades of the government crying wolf concerning marijuana, it is not easy to discern exactly when the government tells the truth, and certainly the young people are suspicious of more or less well-meaning lies. Legalize marijuana and it will soon be seen as just another medication for the ill, the furthest possible from youthful "cool." It is prohibition that has elevated marijuana to cult-like status.