Coney
30-04-2012, 06:48 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17896081
Cannabis growing in the suburbs is soaring, with about 21 farms or factories being discovered every day, a new report by the Association of Chief Police Officers says.
The problem has persisted for a while, with insurer Aviva reporting a 30% year-on-year increase in cannabis damage claims last year as criminals turned to rented houses to cultivate plants.
Now the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) says most of the cannabis consumed in Britain is homegrown and is urging the public to keep an eye out for suspicious behaviour in their neighbourhood.
When are the authorities going to stop dicking around and try stopping crime instead of wasting time on this kind of thing. They have tried for decades, along with the US and several other western governments to deal with certain drugs and the only effect appears to be to make drug barons on Columbia and other countries - plus scumbag criminals over here - very rich and assisted organised crime and violence.
The US tried this with alcohol with prohibition which gave organised crime the biggest boost in history. And it failed. And they know it.
Governments take tons of tax on legal drugs such as tobacco and alcohol which causes massive health damage to the population and causes many to get senseless and violent, yet do this with other drugs.
What a waste of time and resource all this drug chasing crap is. It doesn't work, it will never work and until they stop and legalise the drugs, crime at a high level will continue.
Cannabis growing in the suburbs is soaring, with about 21 farms or factories being discovered every day, a new report by the Association of Chief Police Officers says.
The problem has persisted for a while, with insurer Aviva reporting a 30% year-on-year increase in cannabis damage claims last year as criminals turned to rented houses to cultivate plants.
Now the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) says most of the cannabis consumed in Britain is homegrown and is urging the public to keep an eye out for suspicious behaviour in their neighbourhood.
When are the authorities going to stop dicking around and try stopping crime instead of wasting time on this kind of thing. They have tried for decades, along with the US and several other western governments to deal with certain drugs and the only effect appears to be to make drug barons on Columbia and other countries - plus scumbag criminals over here - very rich and assisted organised crime and violence.
The US tried this with alcohol with prohibition which gave organised crime the biggest boost in history. And it failed. And they know it.
Governments take tons of tax on legal drugs such as tobacco and alcohol which causes massive health damage to the population and causes many to get senseless and violent, yet do this with other drugs.
What a waste of time and resource all this drug chasing crap is. It doesn't work, it will never work and until they stop and legalise the drugs, crime at a high level will continue.