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| Title: | New Zealand: PUB LTE: Why Tinny Raids Help the Gangs |
| Published On: | 2010-02-03 |
| Source: | Dominion Post, The (New Zealand) |
| Fetched On: | 2010-04-02 13:09:10 |
WHY TINNY RAIDS HELP THE GANGS
When one large cannabis-growing operation or one tinny house gets shut
down by police, another will soon take its place. This is the nature
of organised crime.
By continuing to prohibit cannabis, not only does the Government give
gang networks a profitable supply of non-taxable income, it also gives
those gangs the power to decide where the drugs are being sold in our
neighbourhoods.
Wouldn't it be better if we controlled all aspects of the cannabis
market by legalising and regulating the stuffing out of it? The tax
revenue alone would be a windfall in the current economic slump.
Stephen McIntyre
NORML
Auckland
When one large cannabis-growing operation or one tinny house gets shut
down by police, another will soon take its place. This is the nature
of organised crime.
By continuing to prohibit cannabis, not only does the Government give
gang networks a profitable supply of non-taxable income, it also gives
those gangs the power to decide where the drugs are being sold in our
neighbourhoods.
Wouldn't it be better if we controlled all aspects of the cannabis
market by legalising and regulating the stuffing out of it? The tax
revenue alone would be a windfall in the current economic slump.
Stephen McIntyre
NORML
Auckland
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