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Pubdate: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 Source: Windsor Star (CN ON) Copyright: The Windsor Star 2004 Contact: http://www.canada.com/windsor/windsorstar/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/501 Author: Star News Services Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmjcn.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal - Canada) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topics/grow+operations POT USERS 'STUPID,' SAYS PUBLIC SAFETY MINISTER OTTAWA -- Public Safety Minister Anne McLellan said Tuesday the government is committed to eradicating marijuana grow operations, and that people who smoke pot are "stupid." "I see grow-ops as one of the single biggest problems we face in our communities -- they do represent a serious threat to public safety," McLellan told Canada's first national conference on the illicit operations. She suggested delegates at the RCMP-hosted event embrace further integration of law-enforcement agencies to better combat large-scale cultivators. McLellan denied the Liberal government's move toward decriminalizing marijuana was counter-productive to the objectives of the conference. "The message, whether it's from me, whether it's from the minister of justice, the minister of health, is that marijuana continues to be illegal in this country, and you're pretty stupid, in most cases, if you smoke it." She further stated "the jury's still out," when it comes to the drug's medicinal effects. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin