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Another day, another grow op

Without a doubt, local police are starting to make some headway in their battle against organized crime. In the past two months, police have raided and shut down six major marijuana growing operations in Airdrie.

Without a doubt, local police are starting to make some headway in their battle against organized crime.

In the past two months, police have raided and shut down six major marijuana growing operations in Airdrie. There have also been busts in the rural areas surrounding Calgary, while Chestermere and Strathmore police have also made some headway.

What comes as the biggest surprise to us is not the hundreds and thousands of plants being seized and destroyed by police. No, the truly shocking part is how little reaction there has been from the public.

In the past, we would have expected shock and outrage against the gangs who brought such crime to our so-called small and safe communities. However, it seems the public is no longer surprised to learn that organized crime is buying houses on typical residential streets to use for mass production of drugs.

We’re not talking about grandpa’s little weed patch behind the barn for personal use. These operations are sophisticated. The drugs produced in them are being sold to fund weapons employed in property theft, home invasions and violent crimes. The profits from these operations far exceed government funding for police, making society’s efforts to control crime exceedingly difficult, if not impossible.

Perhaps worse than all this is the fact that most of the drugs produced, whether its marijuana or those cooked up of chemicals and household solvents in a homemade laboratory, are targeted for use by teens.

Judging by the lack of reaction from the public, it seems most Rocky View residents already know all of this. They know all of this and they are not surprised, shocked or outraged.

That is not a good sign.




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