News (Media Awareness Project) - CN ON: Series: PUB LTE: Re Marijuana Grow-Op Series |
Title: | CN ON: Series: PUB LTE: Re Marijuana Grow-Op Series |
Published On: | 2004-12-02 |
Source: | Toronto Sun (CN ON) |
Fetched On: | 2008-01-17 08:08:28 |
RE MARIJUANA GROW-OP SERIES
What the media is missing is that millions and millions of Canadians and
Americans are smoking pot. I do not get my pot from organized crime. I do
enjoy not paying taxes on my pot, and that's what the government is
missing. Smoking pot is not going away, and it is a lot bigger than
so-called organized crime having a monoply on it. If you were to legalize
it and regulate it, there would be less interest in getting it through
illegal means. It would generate billions and billions in revenue. And the
list of positives outweighs the negatives. Why doesn't the media show the
real reason there are so many grow-ops. The truth is staring you right in
the face: There is a demand for the product. I smoke pot, I don't drink, or
do other drugs. I will not stop doing something I enjoy, and there are many
like-minded people out there.
It's time the government looked at the bigger picture.
J. King
(The bigger picture is that gang-controlled grow-ops are a gigantic problem
- -- and still would be even if Canada legalized pot)
What the media is missing is that millions and millions of Canadians and
Americans are smoking pot. I do not get my pot from organized crime. I do
enjoy not paying taxes on my pot, and that's what the government is
missing. Smoking pot is not going away, and it is a lot bigger than
so-called organized crime having a monoply on it. If you were to legalize
it and regulate it, there would be less interest in getting it through
illegal means. It would generate billions and billions in revenue. And the
list of positives outweighs the negatives. Why doesn't the media show the
real reason there are so many grow-ops. The truth is staring you right in
the face: There is a demand for the product. I smoke pot, I don't drink, or
do other drugs. I will not stop doing something I enjoy, and there are many
like-minded people out there.
It's time the government looked at the bigger picture.
J. King
(The bigger picture is that gang-controlled grow-ops are a gigantic problem
- -- and still would be even if Canada legalized pot)
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