HEY, HEY POT'S NOT GOING AWAY

Dear Editor,

Making things tough on landlords (Landlords bear brunt of tougher laws,
News, Aug. 14) will not make the pot-growing problem disappear.

If anything, it will likely make landlords want to participate in the
industry to offset their costs of huge fines.

They would get a lighter penalty for growing pot themselves than they would
for inadvertently letting a tenant grow it.

It is time for the police and government to get something into their heads:
cannabis is never going to go away.

The only way to control the situation is to legalize it and regulate it.

Russell Barth, via e-mail