Pubdate: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 Source: Kamloops Daily News (CN BC) Copyright: 2009 Kamloops Daily News Contact: http://www.kamloopsnews.ca/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/679 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n640/a04.html Author: Krissi Steele GROW-OP RAIDS EASY PICKINGS FOR POLICE RE: Leave Me The Hell Alone, The Daily News, June 19. Why are the RCMP spending so much time and money chasing a plant? Because it is easy to find! Anything growing takes time and stability, hence the raids on "even legal" grow ops. This makes the police look good in some people's view and that seems to be enough for them. Why do we rarely hear about what they are doing to stop all the chemically derived drugs - meth, cocaine, crack, MDMA and oxycontin that are widely available at local schools and are causing overdose deaths every day? As I drive through downtown and see an ever increasing number of homeless staggering in the streets looking like zombies, I shudder in fear for the future of our children. Reefer madness? I think not! Chemical madness is the New Demon we should all focus on stopping. Anyone who takes time to research the use of marijuana will see the propaganda for what it is. Old school nonsense started to discriminate against those who were racially different and poor. There is big money being made in growing marijuana and not all of it is gang related. There is a Doctor in Kelowna starting his own medical marijuana grow op for patients. Will he be next? Krissi Steele Nanaimo - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake