REGULATE MARIJUANA SALES

By Rebecca Ambrose, Pass Lake

Re "Drug bust nets 700 pot plants" (Aug. 28).

It is frightening and sad to me that local police feel they must put
themselves in harm's way for such a futile cause. For every few
grow-operations busted, dozens more operate under the radar of the
police. Proof of this is simple -- pot is still readily available
here in Thunder Bay and right across Canada.

We accept that alcohol and cigarettes are not healthy lifestyle
choices, but we have mitigated the harms of these substances by
allowing them to be sold in a regulated market.

Drug dealers don't ask for I.D. If we really cared for the safety of
our children and our police, than we would adopt this regulatory
approach to pot as well.