BYLAW AIMED AT CLIPPING MARIJUANA TRADE

While the B.C. Civil Liberties Association and others are critical of
the "war on drugs" and propose legalizing marijuana to remove the
incentive for organized crime, Chilliwack Mayor Clint Hames said "the
only responsible approach" for the city, which has no control over
federal marijuana laws, is to make Chilliwack "a very unfriendly place
for grow-ops."

Meanwhile, the city's 203 realtors joined municipal workers in their
City Watch program and volunteers in the Citizens On Patrol to keep an
eye on suspected grow-ops.

Also, developer Bill Coughlin started a pot-free housing project in
Chilliwack, believed the first in Canada, that would offer buyers
protection from home marijuana grow operators. One of the purchase
conditions was an agreement to forfeit the home, if the homeowner was
caught growing pot.

In late November, a million-dollar marijuana grow-op, believed the
largest in Chilliwack, was busted by RCMP officers at a chicken farm
on Bailey Road.