[Hilch]

Originally Posted by Calgaryborn

The reason why B.C. has become the North American's supplier of marijuana is the weak penalties on growing/ dealing. Reagan's war on drugs pushed growers into B.C. along with the organized crime that goes with it.

Drug testing should be manditory for all employment. That would make work places safer while drying up the 95% of the money in the drug trade. It would then be managable for law enforcement to deal with the rest.

That isn't true, not even one bit! The reason BC is a major supplier is because the environment is primed for growing "perfect" plants. It doesn't matter what the penalty is it will always be grown in BC, the price will just go up.

How is that war on drugs going for the USA anyways? Do you feel Reagan's policy helped deter people from using a drug like marijuana? And let's be honest Reagan's policy had nothing to do with marijuana being bad and everything to do with giving more power over hippies who wanted to stop his real wars. Maybe do some research on how things turned out for alcohol prohibition.

The only thing that came out of the war on drugs was giving organized crime a blank cheque. Growers, dealers and criminals thank every single person who wants to keep marijuana illegal, just more money in their pockets. Oh and less in yours because your tax money is spent chasing around a very harmless drug compared to things that are legal like booze and cigarettes.