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Politics : Canadian Political Free-for-All
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To: twmoore who wrote (4095)5/9/2004 1:52:46 PM
From: Michael Watkins   of 37720
 
Putting people in jail will not stop the proliferation of it's use.

To clarify, my desire is to put people in jail who are in the production and distribution biz.

The average grow op operator in Vancouver - last time I checked the stats - is caught 7 times, convicted only 4, and serves a max average of 4.5 months.

Pretty good time and odds for growing a crop which generates hundreds of thousands of profit annually.

Organized crime is into this scene in a big way. This is not a victimless crime.

Kill off the supply and costs will rise; that will slow consumption all by itself. Kill off the supply and related crime will drop. Kill off the supply and perhaps we can actually make a dent in organized crime for a change.

Canada has never tried to use jail time effectively. If every potential grow-op operator knew that a) they'd be deported if caught (if a non citizen) b) serve 10 years in jail regardless there were be a dramatic reduction in those willing to do this in the first place, increased willingness of the police to interdict (no wasted effort as is now) and a huge hit to the revenue stream of organized crime.

Take the profit out, raise the profile (increase the shame factor) - sounds like a good plan to me.

Increasing the shame factor is something I'd like to see done with youth offenders too but that's another story.
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