RE: COPS SHUT DOWN ELDERLY COUPLE'S BALZAC GROW-OP (Airdrie Echo, Sept. 23)

What Kind Of A Joke Is This?

How many cops did it take to storm [an elderly couple's] dwelling? Did
they bring the helicopter?

Those 16 plants are nowhere near worth $24,000. That's $1,500 a plant,
which I'm pretty sure was not going to be sold anyway. Considering
cannabis has hundreds of proven medical applications, maybe this
couple was opting for a naturopathic solution with no side effects for
whatever ailed them.

This is a gross misuse of police powers and our tax dollars. They
should be tackling violent criminals, child abusers, rapists ... but
no, that would entail actual work.

I have nothing but respect for some of the police who make our society
better to live in, but prohibitionist cops/our drug laws do nothing
more than destroy lives with criminal records, fines and (unnecessary)
incarceration.

Were these people hurting anyone?

Mike Foster

Laval, QC.