Re: Pot grow-ops.

Organized crime. Ruined buildings. Dangerous chemicals. Stolen electricity. Police cannot keep up. Increased insurance rates, millions upon millions of tax dollars spent on police, customs officials and the legal system.

Just when are we going to get serious about tackling this "absolute epidemic" of marijuana-growing operations? And how? Allocating more police and other resources towards "fighting" grow houses doesn't seem likely to stem the tide.

Allowing the government to regulate marijuana, to sell (and tax?) it, serves to condone or legitimize its use, a move which is unlikely to gain widespread public acceptance. Given our increasingly health-conscious society, many people would be left wondering "why are we creating a new vice?"

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