Pubdate: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 Source: Kamloops Daily News (CN BC) Copyright: 2011 Kamloops Daily News Contact: http://www.kamloopsnews.ca/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/679 Author: Bryan Elliot Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v11/n675/a04.html LEGALIZE POT, GROW OPS CAN BE MOVED OUTDOORS Nov. 28 I was greeted by a page of letters in the Vancouver Sun concerning marijuana prohibition plus a letter here by John Noakes questioning legalization as it pertains to grow ops degrading houses and neighbourhoods. This is a very real worry. Grow op houses tend to develop unhealthy mould that is difficult and sometimes impossible to eradicate. Being illegal, they attract unsavoury types, and overloaded electrical circuits increase fire hazards. However, with legalization, the growing of marijuana would swiftly move outdoors for the simple reason that it is much cheaper than burning megawatts of electricity and it produces better pot. Marijuana would simply become an agricultural crop. BRYAN ELLIOTT Westwold - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom