Seems to me that when we start seeing this kind of garbage being published in the papers that "they" are getting desperate, and grtabbing at straws left and right.

Come on..now the "fear principle" marketing method?? Like "we'll scare the hell out of the people that don't know any better and make them think that the "drug kingpins" will come kill them because they bought a house that someome may have had a grow in?

What a crock of sheite!

Also, since when does a indoor grow cause the walls to be toxic? And who wants their grow room to be more humid than the house? Mold and Mildew can happen anywhere (I wonder if those folks ever look at the window glass edges inside the house in the winter?)

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Drug house warnings urged

B.C. group wants to alert homebuyers about meth labs and grow-ops
David Hogben, Vancouver Sun

Published: Sunday, October 26, 2008
First in a series of two


VANCOUVER - People who unknowingly purchase homes that have been used in the illegal drug trade may put their health and their lives at risk, according to a group of realtors, firefighters and civic politicians.

And there is no certain way of determining whether a home has been used as a drug house, Kelvin Neufeld, president of the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board, said in an interview.

"Our goal is to standardize the way they report grow-ops, meth labs or whatever," he said.

Neufeld said homebuyers may be at risk of financial disaster, serious health risks and conceivably violent death if they buy a home that has been used to grow marijuana, manufacture methamphetamines or has been used to distribute illegal drugs.

After years of work that resulted in a meeting earlier this month of realtors, firefighters, politicians and police investigators, the group now intends to form a committee to determine how families can best be protected.

Neufeld said something like a provincial registry could be the answer.
He said he was tired of hearing about families making the biggest investment of their lives only to discover that the homes they purchased had been contaminated by mould or toxic chemicals.

The cost of making some contaminated homes healthy to live in can be as high as $80,000 to $100,000, Neufeld said.

In some cases, criminals show up at a house looking to steal drugs, not realizing it is no longer in the hands of illegal drug producers.

Even if houses are cleaned professionally, some people do not want to raise their children in a house that was once a base for producing drugs.
Surrey Coun. Barbara Steele said it's time for the province to become involved.

Surrey has had success combating marijuana-growing operations since it started using BC Hydro records to alert bylaw inspectors and fire investigators to unaccounted-for large amounts of power use associated with marijuana-growing operations. Provincial legislation allowed Hydro to share the information without violating privacy laws.

City inspectors and fire prevention officers visit the suspect houses to determine whether the consumption is for legal or illegal reasons.
Surrey fire Chief Len Garis ran a pilot project in 2005 that contributed to the passage of the provincial legislation.

Garis said the program has been a success. He estimates the number of Surrey marijuana-growing operations declined by 40 per cent in 2007, the year after the legislation was passed.

Although it is impossible to determine with certainty how many marijuana operations exist in Surrey, Garis said the number of hydroponic supply stores that supply growers also dropped 40 per cent in 2007. The number had remained relatively constant from 2002 to 2006.

Not only that, the number of fires related to commercial marijuana-growing operations has dropped dramatically, Garis said.

At the same time, there has been a 50-per-cent increase in hydroponic gardening supply stores in areas such as the Kootenays. To Garis, that suggests the problem is moving from an area where there is stricter enforcement to areas of less enforcement.

He said he too favours something like a provincial registry and standards for remediation.

dhogben@vancouversun.com

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You are right, it is ridiculus.

I keep saying it, raising cannabis is no different than raising African violets or orchids. I don't hear about anyone getting their panties in a wad over the thousands of African violet or orchid enthusiasts! Why, I remember one sweet little old lady who had African violets in every window- easily a hundred plants! She was praised for her lovely plants. They even did a news article on her when her plants won in the fair!

Will the "mold nazis" start going after "dangerous" indoor African violet and orchid grows next? Better be careful if you have a "Patio" tomato in a pot for some winter tomatoes! Heaven only knows what dangers may lurk amid it's twisted roots!


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It is quite obvious that the ones that say growing pot damages property that they do not know about the needs of the plant. I have read that what they are saying is that the "need for high humidity and the machines to raise the humidity in houses cause the mold"

Okay, then why do most of us have DE-HUMIDIFIERS running 24/7? I can understand the meth labs, those are very nasty. And I can understand if they are talking about large grows where they didn't give a care about the floors etc, and I can see if ya water a plant in the living room, and just let the water go wherever and have say 100 of them, that is a mess. But who the hell does that? Does anyone do that?

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Hi all This is the bush drug war that a few a-holes in canadas parliament that are trying to put the bush and usa's drug policy in place.It's there a-hole propaganda had we have to fight.Canada is starting to win a foot hold in the med pot grows and trying to get it legalize in canada.Also the usa is still after the BC-3 and the DEA wants to contorl canada too.It's time to show the canada groverment that growing hemp can replace alot of inports and build there economy up.Let the poeple know all the good that this plant can do and let them hear and see for themselfs what it can do.Then the poeple will turn there backs on the a-holes and there drug war. Peace

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