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Letter to editor blasts Alberta legislation
By Hempology | June 18, 2007
The StarPhoenix, SN
16 Jun 2007
Tanya Derbowka
PROTECT CHILDREN BY ENDING UNPRODUCTIVE WAR ON DRUGS
The article, Drug house parents face charges ( SP, June 5 ), illustrates perfectly what a complete disaster our drug policy has been for families.
In response to the dangers posed by “toxic marijuana grow operations,” Alberta passed legislation that allows removing children from dangerous situations posed by drugs.
The Drug Endangered Children Act is a Band-Aid. If we are truly sincere in our desire to protect children from the dangers of a house full of plants, legalizing marijuana would be the best way to achieve that goal.
In the same way that ending the prohibition of alcohol put an end to stills and bootlegging, legalizing marijuana would put an end to grow-ops.
The war on drugs has made it very profitable to grow plants indoors under heat lamps that waste a lot of electricity. In a legal market, nobody would choose to grow marijuana indoors. The only way to eliminate the environmental impact of grow-ops is to legislate them out of existence.
We claim to care about children and the environment, yet the government continues the war on drugs. Exaggerating the risks posed by marijuana grow-ops gives readers what they expect in a story about drug house parents. But it does not tell the whole story.
There are better ways to save the children.
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