FORGET GROW-OP CRACKDOWN

Re: "Grow-op crackdown under review," Friday, Dec. 5.

For some reason, when I first saw this article's headline, I thought
Coquitlam's new mayor, Richard Stewart, was going to take the
"crackdown" on grow-ops to a realistic new era.

Then reality sank in.

The fact that Canadians are still being persecuted for cannabis
drastically overshadows Stewart's plan for a more lenient bylaw.

I don't see the police and certain members of the public crying foul
because someone is making beer or wine, etc., in their basement.

The bylaw in its entirety is completely useless and I shudder when I
think that my tax dollars are going to support garbage like the
inspection and surveillance of persons growing cannabis.

Mayor Stewart should be relentlessly pressuring his superiors to
legalize and tax marijuana. That's the way to get rid of dangerous
grow-ops, crime and all the other nasty things that come along with
cannabis prohibition, my fellow Canadians.

Christopher Nichols

Coquitlam