Pubdate: Fri, 28 Aug 2009
Source: Prairie Post Southwestern (CN SN)
Copyright: 2009 Prairie Post
Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/2hefXRB0
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/4495
Author: Russell Barth, Patients Against Ignorance and Discrimination on Cannabis 

MARIJUANA SHOULD BE USED AS A MEDICINE

Editor:

RE: Marijuana grow operation busted

The people happiest about this bust 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.
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MAP posted-by: Richard R Smith Jr