LEGALIZING GROW OPS AN OPTION

Re: Sept. 12 editorial, "Driving them out."

The notion that indoor grow ops are so dangerous that special
legislation is required to deal with them is just another red herring
designed to gain public acquiescence for a further violation of the
civil rights of unauthorized gardeners; and leaving 350 out of 1,000
grow ops still running is nothing to crow about.

There are only two ways to eliminate grow ops. One is to create a
totalitarian society where police are conducting door-to-door
searches. The other is to legalize growing a few plants for personal
use, since prohibition is entirely responsible for the proliferation
of grow ops.

And, speaking of grow ops, isn't it about time we grew up and started
facing the reality that marijuana prohibition causes far more harm
than marijuana?

George Kosinski

Gibsons