Pubdate: Sun, 10 Mar 2013
Source: Denver Post (CO)
Copyright: 2013 The Denver Post Corp
Contact:  http://www.denverpost.com/
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Author: Chrissy Brand

THE FACTS ABOUT GROWING YOUR OWN MARIJUANA

Re: "Readers respond to article on growing marijuana at home," March 
3 letters to the editor.

The outraged responses to The Denver Post's article about growing 
marijuana ranged from absurd to reactionary to completely uneducated.

Teaching teenagers to grow pot? Most teenagers would quail given the 
work involved; it's still much easier to buy on the black market.

Yes, the article appeared in the section with the comics- as do 
prominent beer articles every Wednesday.

The "idea that any plant needs exactly 12 hours of sunlight a day ... 
is nonsense" is the most ignorant statement of all. The reader 
apparently missed basic biology in school. Many species-from plants 
to mammals- are photo-determinate. Horses growing winter coats, 
chickens laying eggs, and deciduous trees changing leaves are all 
triggered by light.

And the absurd notion that marijuana wouldn't exist in nature if it 
was hard to grow? Ask cattle ranchers how easy their job is. While I 
have never eaten wild ox, I am sure well-raised, prime-grade Angus 
steak tastes much better.

Chrissy Brand, Franktown
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