Pubdate: Thu, 13 Aug 2009
Source: Annapolis County Spectator; The (CN NS)
Copyright: 2009 Transcontinental Nova Scotia Media Group inc.
Contact:  http://www.novanewsnow.com/rubrique-719-County-of-Annapolis.html
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/4699
Page: 7
Author: Russell Barth

HOW MANY REASONS DO WE NEED?

Booby Trapped Grow-Ops: One More Reason To Legalize Marijuana. How 
Many More Reasons Do We Need!?

The people happiest about grow busts are the 90-95% of growers who 
will never be caught. Think about that: If the police busted twice as 
many grows every year, they would still only get about 20% of them. A 
fifth. 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.

That's right; the police are subsidizing the gangsters, and they know 
it. They know it because the math and history are widely available 
and simple enough for even the dullest 10 year old to understand, but 
not, simple enough, apparently, for reporters and editors to understand.

And while kids and women are still missing, and child porn runs 
rampant, the cops are wasting a lot of time and money on this 
outrageously counterproductive policy. The whole thing makes me 
wonder just which side of the law these guys are really on.

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. Nice work, boys. Well done.

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
Nepean, Ontario 
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