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This is what $2 million in wasted marijuana plants looks like
This marijuana grow op is closed for business.
RCMP Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment
With the Union of B.C. Municipalities hosting a study session on decriminalizing marijuana at its annual convention, let's just take a moment and enjoy this photo shared by the RCMP. What we're looking at is a large outdoor marijuana grow operation in the Chehalis River Valley.
How large? Over 2,000 marijuana plants with an estimated street value of $2 million.
Of course, this grow op ain't in business anymore. Agassiz RCMP and the Coordinated Marijuana Enforcement Team "dismantled" it on September 22.
So, that's $2 million up in smoke. It's a very crude calculation, but 12-percent HST on that marijuana—if farmed by a legalized industry, though the price might be lower—would have netted $240,000 for the B.C. and Canadian governments. Food for thought while you're sucking on that bong tonight.
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it's time for law-makers to acknowledge that the so-called "dangers" of this useful plant are utterly nominal.
So THEREFORE; we should then be doing random drug testing and adjusting the ICBC rates accordingly.