"Three years, 1,000 grow-ops gone."
B.C.'s marijuana grow operations are a direct result of marijuana prohibition.
Legitimate farmers do not steal electricity to grow produce in the basements of rented homes. If legal, growing marijuana would be less profitable than farming tomatoes.
As it stands, the drug war distorts market forces such that big money grows on little trees. Rather than continue to subsidize organized crime, Canadian policy-makers should ignore the reefer-madness hysteria of the U.S. government and instead to look their own Senate for guidance.
In 2002, the Canadian Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs concluded that marijuana is relatively benign, marijuana prohibition contributes to organized crime, and law enforcement efforts have little impact on patterns of use.
News Hawk- Ganjarden 420 MAGAZINE ® - Medical Marijuana Publication & Social Networking
Source: Surrey Leader
Author: Robert Sharpe
Contact: Surrey Leader
Copyright: 2008 Black Press
Website: Re-Think Pot Farming
B.C.'s marijuana grow operations are a direct result of marijuana prohibition.
Legitimate farmers do not steal electricity to grow produce in the basements of rented homes. If legal, growing marijuana would be less profitable than farming tomatoes.
As it stands, the drug war distorts market forces such that big money grows on little trees. Rather than continue to subsidize organized crime, Canadian policy-makers should ignore the reefer-madness hysteria of the U.S. government and instead to look their own Senate for guidance.
In 2002, the Canadian Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs concluded that marijuana is relatively benign, marijuana prohibition contributes to organized crime, and law enforcement efforts have little impact on patterns of use.
News Hawk- Ganjarden 420 MAGAZINE ® - Medical Marijuana Publication & Social Networking
Source: Surrey Leader
Author: Robert Sharpe
Contact: Surrey Leader
Copyright: 2008 Black Press
Website: Re-Think Pot Farming
