[Clive]

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[BCrago66]

Why no link?

[youngtory]

Translation, we will go ahead with our decriminalization of pot, however we will make tougher laws against grow-ops.

IDIOTS.

[AndrewB]

Strange use of the word "grow". Don't they speak English up there any more?

[A CA Guy]

Smoking pot is a recreational drug for irresonsible losers and that about covers it.

Dealers and distributers of the stuff should be in jail for a year or so depending on the amount and number of crimes.

[Know your rights]

All of society bears responsibility for recognizing the national boom in grow operations that are typically backed by organized crime, McLellan said Friday.

And pot criminalizers bear responsibility for creating the conditions in which grow operations backed by organized crime flourish.

[zoyd]

All of society bears responsibility for recognizing the national boom in grow operations that are typically backed by organized crime, McLellan said Friday.

Hmmm. Seems we had the same problem during Prohibition. Then we legalized alcohol, and the gangs' power over the industry evaporated. Funny thing about those black markets when they are no longer black markets.

[jimt]

Marijuana production is a violent, organized scourge that judges should combat with serious sentences, says Justice Minister Anne McLellan.

The reason that it's a violent, organized scourge is precisely because it's illegal. Legalize it and the profit disappears. Users will grow it at home for free. The violent types won't have any reason to continue operations.