Pubdate: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 Source: Annex Guardian (CN ON) Copyright: 1996-2004 Metroland Printing, Publishing and Distributing Contact: http://www.insidetoronto.ca/to/annex/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2316 Author: Jason Le Clair LEGALIZE USE OF POT Re: 'Work together against grow-ops,' Editorial, Nov. 12. The only way society is ever going to get rid of grow-ops in residential neighbourhoods is to legalize and regulate the growing of marijuana. Pot grown in a commercial setting could be taxed and growers would be more than willing to pay for electricity used. This would also eliminate the criminal gangs and all of the alleged dangers in growing. Did the people who enjoyed a drink at a speakeasy during Prohibition create the violence of the bootleggers or did an unjust law? I would much prefer to buy my pot at the beer store, but I have never been allowed to do so. It's time for society to stop telling people that one drug is OK, but another less harmful is not. Jason Le Clair - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin