Pubdate: Wed, 12 Oct 2005
Source: Chilliwack Times (CN BC)
Copyright: 2005 Chilliwack Times
Contact:  http://www.chilliwacktimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1357
Author: Alan Randell
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1577/a06.html
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/decrim.htm (Decrim/Legalization)

NAIVE APPROACH TO WAR ON DRUGS

Editor:

Re: More info needed in drug war, Times, Oct. 4.

You are so naive.

If marijuana grow-op operators knew that excessive electricity usage is 
reported to the cops, they would simply bypass the meter and steal the 
power instead of paying for it.

If Hydro reported unusually high usage for a particular street, say, and 
the courts allowed the police to raid every home in the area, the growers 
would then resort to the use of generators rather than using power from 
B.C. Hydro.

And if the legislature allowed the sellers of generators to report sales to 
the cops, the growers would simply steal the generators. And if the 
generators were protected from theft, the growers would resort to using 
wood stoves to heat the crops...and on and on. The government will never be 
able to prevent marijuana reaching its users.

Let's get real and legalize marijuana.

Alan Randell

Victoria
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