NAIVE APPROACH TO WAR ON DRUGS

Editor:

Re: More info needed in drug war, Times, Oct. 4.

You are so naive.

If marijuana grow-op operators knew that excessive electricity usage is
reported to the cops, they would simply bypass the meter and steal the
power instead of paying for it.

If Hydro reported unusually high usage for a particular street, say, and
the courts allowed the police to raid every home in the area, the growers
would then resort to the use of generators rather than using power from
B.C. Hydro.

And if the legislature allowed the sellers of generators to report sales to
the cops, the growers would simply steal the generators. And if the
generators were protected from theft, the growers would resort to using
wood stoves to heat the crops...and on and on. The government will never be
able to prevent marijuana reaching its users.

Let's get real and legalize marijuana.

Alan Randell

Victoria