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Police on Grow-ops: Don't You Believe It
Posted by CN Staff on March 02, 2004 at 09:38:50 PT
By Dan Gardner, The Ottawa Citizen
Source: Ottawa Citizen 
On Thursday, a fraud will be committed in Toronto, but there's no point in calling the police to stop it. The police are the perps.The scene of the "crime" will be a high-profile "summit" organized by the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) and Ontario's Ministry of Community Safety to discuss ways to fight marijuana grow-ops. The summit follows the release last December of an OACP report that goes by the paperback-thriller title of Green Tide.
The main claims of the summit and the report are familiar to anyone who follows the news. Grow-ops are "exploding" all over the province, even in suburban neighbourhoods. They are illegally and dangerously wired into electrical lines. They are booby-trapped. Kids are endangered by living in or near them. Most of the grow-ops are run by organized crime. And, say the police to any reporter who will listen, this is all happening because the laws are too soft and the cops don't have the resources to fight back.It's obvious where this is going: The police want more money and power. Given the blatant self-interest involved, one might think politicians and journalists would examine police claims with due skepticism. Alas, no. The media have repeated every police statement as if it were disinterested fact. Politicians, too, have blithely followed the lead of the police: The latest is Monte Kwinter, Ontario's Liberal minister of Community Safety, who has promised to push the federal government for tougher sentences.This blind trust isn't warranted. Much of what the police are saying about grow-ops is unproven or exaggerated. Some of it is false. Most importantly, it carefully overlooks the root cause of the problem. Combined, this amounts to a grand fraud. Snipped: Complete Article: http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/believe.htmSource: Ottawa Citizen (CN ON)Author: Dan Gardner, The Ottawa CitizenPublished: Tuesday, March 2, 2004Copyright: 2004 The Ottawa CitizenContact: letters thecitizen.canwest.comWebsite: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Related Articles & Web Site:Cannabis News Canadian Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/can.htmCanadian Pot a Growing Concern, U.S. Sayshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18427.shtmlHow To Stop Grow-ops? Legalize Pothttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18373.shtmlLighten Up on Pot Growers, Canada's on a Rollhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18161.shtml
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Comment #5 posted by afterburner on March 04, 2004 at 08:06:18 PT:
The Green Tide Shadow Summit
Canadians for Safe Access presents: 
Green Truth - The Green Tide Shadow Summit:
Voices of Reason - Exploring Alternatives to the Drug War
http://www.greentide.ca/When? Thursday March 4 2004 12:00 noon   Where? Sutton Place Hotel (Bay and Wellesley) Room TBAMap to Sutton Place Hotel (Bay and Wellesley) http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=search&countryid=41&addtohistory=&country=CA&address=955+Bay+Street&city=Toronto&state=on&zipcode=&submit=Get+Map 
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Comment #4 posted by FoM on March 02, 2004 at 21:32:57 PT
Press Release from CNW Telbec
Media Advisory - Green Tide Summit Will Help Combat Marijuana Grow Operations in Ontario http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/March2004/02/c6138.html
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Comment #3 posted by afterburner on March 02, 2004 at 11:52:20 PT:
Go, Dan
Go to Toronto on Thursday or Friday. Be part of the Green Tide Summit at Queen's Park. Cannabis In Canada http://www.cannabiscanada.ca/"*March 4 - Green Tide Summit Toronto? 4:00PM 
*March 5 - Green Tide Summit ?" --Marc Emery's Canada Wide College University Tour 01 Mar, 2004 
Tour begins at University of Victoria, BC http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/3320.htmlOr Go to one of the college rallies scheduled across Canada, 10 in Ontario alone. Check the cannabis culture forum for the latest information: http://www.cannabisculture.com/forums/ubbthreads.php
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Comment #2 posted by kaptinemo on March 02, 2004 at 10:54:53 PT:
Ah, but the operative word is 'think', BD
As opposed to 'conditioned'. As in 'Pavlovian' or 'operant conditioning'. As in Skinner Box Behavioralism.As in 'propaganda'. As in unthinking acceptance of the utterances of 'authority figures'. Who often are anything but authorities.As a favorite childhood author of mine put it, it's like taking advice about maintaining a happy marital sex life from priests sworn to monastic celibacy.
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Comment #1 posted by BigDawg on March 02, 2004 at 09:55:34 PT
Word of the day, "illegally"
>They are illegally and dangerously wired into electrical lines. They are booby-trapped. Kids are endangered by living in or near them. Most of the grow-ops are run by organized crime.Hmmm, which is worse for society... pot... or prohibition?It's a no-brainer for people who think for themselves.
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