Just get on with it and legalize it and stop wasting our hard earned money on this stupid stuff in order to protect the tobacco industry and the big alcohol distilieries that are big supporters of King Steve and his NeoCons!

Raise the price of medical marijuana and then destroy a perfectly good crop.
Don't give us the silly argument it's not safe for consumption....I'd trust a grower far more then a Government grow op.

would it not be prudent for police to turn over the marijuana to a distributor for medical marijuana Seems to be we would save the t axpayers some money?

Many commentors are saying that the problem here is that marijuana is illegal. I respectfully disagree. The legal status of the plant is not the point of this story. The point of this story is that four persons were caught growing and trafficking an illegal substance. Whether the substance SHOULD be illegal is moot. The four people knew that they were doing an illegal activity, and in undertaking that activity, assumed the risk of being caught.

To people complaining that the police shouldn't be conducting these raids, isn't that exactly what we have police for? We don't pay officers to choose what laws to uphold, we pay officers to enforce all the laws.
If you want the laws changed, write to your MP and vote.

A memorial service to the lost forest will be held at 4:20 this afternoon. BYOB!

Why to go guys, Thumbs up for real. Now could someone get to fixing that pothole at the end of my street rather than playing hero with our tax dollars.

What a waste.

Where is the national RCMP initiative on Meth and Herion? You know, the two drugs most linked to violent crime, murder, robbery, home invation?
You kinda have to wonder who is directing our national police force in regards to its policy, and to what end?
It's almost like there is an agenda other than the protection of the public, almost as though there was some entity in the background worried about Marijuana. An entity with a financial stake in the issue.

What other explanation could there be?

These initiatives defy all logic. Studies supported by solid scientific research data indcate that all of the propaganda has been wrong, and on top of it, knowingly propigated by the Governments in North America and continues to this day.
I wonder, for the sake of our chidren, will we ever demand the proper, effective and efficient use of our tax dollars toward the real dangers? Or, will we continue to allow Pharm, Tobacco, and Alcohol corporations, along with a monopolized/purchased mass media, to continue to direct our law enforcement policy?

Vote accordingly.

RCMP stealing from Canadians again in the behalf of the Harper Regime.

1000 plants is hardly a forest

I don't agree with the growers who jimmy together a hazardous electrical setup and place the property (and adjacent ones) in peril of fire. That needs to stop.

But, the easiest way to stop it would be to stop the stupidity involved with this "war on pot" the government has done for more than 50 years.. to no avail.
When you have a government so focused on "abuse" (which there isn't) and none of the other properties that are factually held forth, one must ask, "what's the governments REAL reason for denying people the right to grow? http://rense.com/general67/FORD.HTM

The government doesn't know how to tax the plant and are stalling to let the Big Pharma have a chance at "replicating" the plant in a form they can patent (can't patent a plant) and then market for high (no pun) profit.

They use a nonsense statement of: "well everyone will want to get high if we legalize marijuana" and that's been proven false. No more people would use pot tomorrow if it was legal, than the day before when it wasn't. Other than maybe a few people who felt threatened by the fascist law that kept them from seeking it out.

/sarcasm on Yep, - pot's going to ruin our world.. /sarcasm off, NOT.

Time for the nanny-state to let law-abiding, respectful people who want options for their ailments, have them, and not just denials based on ignorance.

A moment of silence please. Sniff.....sniff......

BS. End prohibition now. Harper and his stupid policies out in 2015!