Pubdate: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 Source: Toronto Sun (CN ON) Copyright: 2004, Canoe Limited Partnership. Contact: http://www.canoe.com/NewsStand/TorontoSun/home.html Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/457 Author: J. King Note: Original series starts 28 Nov 2004 at http://www.mapinc.org/source/Toronto+Sun Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada) RE MARIJUANA GROW-OP SERIES What the media is missing is that millions and millions of Canadians and Americans are smoking pot. I do not get my pot from organized crime. I do enjoy not paying taxes on my pot, and that's what the government is missing. Smoking pot is not going away, and it is a lot bigger than so-called organized crime having a monoply on it. If you were to legalize it and regulate it, there would be less interest in getting it through illegal means. It would generate billions and billions in revenue. And the list of positives outweighs the negatives. Why doesn't the media show the real reason there are so many grow-ops. The truth is staring you right in the face: There is a demand for the product. I smoke pot, I don't drink, or do other drugs. I will not stop doing something I enjoy, and there are many like-minded people out there. It's time the government looked at the bigger picture. J. King (The bigger picture is that gang-controlled grow-ops are a gigantic problem - -- and still would be even if Canada legalized pot) - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D