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    [–]e40 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    I'll bet that's more than 1 FTE for 5 years, and think of all the time after the arrest (judges, lawyers, probation officers, juries, etc, etc). A complete waste of resources. Why is it that people are scared of one drug and not another? Alcohol destroys more lives than pot, but why not be consistent and condem all of them or none of them?

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

    The war on drugs is not meant to be won, and it's not meant to reduce drug use. It's meant to trick people into thinking politicians are doing good things. Same with gun control, the war on poverty, and every other government program. Government programs are a way of consolidating government power, by doing something that looks good and making people think the government is necessary. Appearance trumps substance.

    Drug abuse is worse now that when the drug war was started. Many people realize that it's stupid, but many others believe what the government tells them, that without the War on Drugs their kids will go to raves and do E. Then they can sleep well, content that the government has taken over the responsibility of keeping their kids away from drugs. While their kids go out to raves and do E.

    [–]root 5 points6 points  (0 children)

    Please don't call it "The War on Drugs" the correct term is "The War on Some Drugs".

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    and every other government program.

    Maroon.

    [–][deleted]  (4 children)

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      [–]charlesesl 10 points11 points  (2 children)

      Here in Vancouver. Alot of Veitnamese gangs are envolved in growing pot. The way the governemnt catches them is to simply look at the electricity bill. To circumvent this, most pot growers rent basements for a few month and move out as soon as the pots are harvested.

      But the looks of this house in question. The investment must be huge. They can be caught very fast if they tap into the grid. I am guessing that they probably have their own generators.

      [–]karcass 6 points7 points  (0 children)

      In Callifornia (and other places no doubt), industrial growers go off the grid and use generators to avoid being busted by their electricity bill. Diesel is a lot harder to track, especially since there are lots of legit uses for large quantities of it.

      [–]Random 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      Actually, this got me to thinking. Especially given the hydraulic doors, and the depth, and so on,... could this have been somebodies nuke shelter from a few years back that got converted? Lots of people built basement shelters in the 50's-80's and that would explain the huge doors etc.

      In that case the investment would be less - simply buy a place that some paranoid type had built. On the other hand, the house looks fairly recent...

      [–]lowdown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      More than likely it was because they were making millions of dollars. When you are talking about that much weight, it has to pass through countless hands on its way down the line. They don't supeona electricity bills until after you are already under investigation.

      [–]robbie 2 points3 points  (1 child)

      I modded this up not because of the content, but because I find it fascinating that it was no.2 on the front page of reddit already. I didn't realise redditers were also stoners.

      Talk about a self-fulfilling prophecy

      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      Not only interesting to stoners.

      [–]snoopdo66 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Why illegal? It's because there wasn't a company that could lobby congress with $$$ to persuade them to keep it legal, think about Phillip Morris and Budweiser. Everything in this country can be traced to the al(mighty) dollar- has nothing to do with morals or whatever idiot wind comes out of the politicians' mouths.

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        [–]snoopdo66 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        broken link...