Pubdate: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 Source: Chatham Daily News, The (CN ON) Copyright: 2009 OSPREY Media Group Inc. Contact: http://www.chathamdailynews.ca Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1627 Author: Russell Barth POT FIGHT INCREASES DRUG'S VALUE Sir: Regarding the story "Police try to spot pot" (Tues. July 21.) Why would the public want to help the cops subsidize criminals? If the police busted twice as many grows every year, they would still only get about 20 per cent of them. Probably less. And every time they bust one grow -- indoor, outdoor, small or big -- all they do is make the ones they don't catch that much more valuable. Not only is the illegality of pot the very thing that makes growing it so lucrative, the police are subsidizing the entire industry by busting a minority of them. And don't tell me "the cops don't make the laws"! The police have been lobbying government for decades to keep the war on certain drugs going. They lobby constantly and have way too much influence over our governments -- at all levels. They like to tell the public that this is somehow preventing pot from reaching your kids, but every year they bust more and more people, and every year pot becomes more widely available. All over a medicinal plant that recent science suggests actually helps healthy cells resist cancer invasion: www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20071226/pot-slows-cancer-in-test-tube Is this the Canada you want to live in? A country where cops help gangsters and deprive people of valuable medicine? Because that is the Canada you live in now. Russell Barth Federally licensed medical marijuana user Co-founder, Patients Against Ignorance and Discrimination on Cannabis (PAIDOC) www.paidoc.orgNepean, Ont. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard R Smith Jr