Weed hunt

Head of the Police Force’s Drug Squad, Superintendent Grafton Phillips.

By Barry Alleyne | Fri, June 15, 2012 - 12:06 AM

Police have started a major crackdown on marijuana growers.

In the past three weeks, lawmen have dug up more than 2 000 mature marijuana trees across rural Barbados, almost 1 000 seedlings, and a pipe-gun.

And according to head of the Police Force’s Drug Squad, Superintendent Grafton Phillips, local cops will be bearing down on Barbados’ fledgling weed business with increased raids and surveillance.

Police will also be seeking more information from the public in rural areas.

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Posted by dirty okra 11 months, 1 week ago: This is so silly. There have been call all over the world for the legalization of marijuana. This is a waste of tax payers money as well as police time and efforts. If the government would legalize and police the sales and distribution they would add millions to their coffers in sales taxes. By emploing the current farmers they would receive even more tax revenue in income taxes. They would eliminate the criminal "black market" and use of marijuana would probably decline. Also desire of harder drugs such as cocaine would also subside. Take a look at places like Vancouver BC. or Amsterdam current and past Governor Generals are currently advocating for the legalization of weed. Amsterdam has been there for years.
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Posted by dirty okra 11 months, 1 week ago: By legalizing marijuana the government can pull in millions in sales tax. By employing the farmers who grow right now illegally the government can bring in more in income tax, completely close a blackmarket and save more money by not having to hunt down these grow ops. Win, win,win. For those who would think that would cause some sort of decline in Bajan society ask yourself this question. How accessible is marijuana right now in it's illegal state?....Exactly. You uproot 2000 plants and there's another 10,000 that you haven't found.
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Posted by J. Payne 11 months, 1 week ago: So I guess trying to keep Crack Cocaine, Meth and other drugs wont cost any money? All those drugs move together and The Crown will still have to spend JUST as much money keeping out the rest...

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Posted by dirty okra 11 months, 1 week ago: Name one drug free country in the @ J. Payne. By legalizing marijuana there will be way less a demand for harder drugs. No demand = no need for a supply. Drug dealers from columbia and other places would take their garbage elsewhere. Also one of the reasons that you see these other drugs on the island is because Barbados has a major port in the caribbean and is a jump off for supplying other island. You want to talk about spending money to keep out the other drugs. Start by monitoring the port more closely.

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Posted by John Da Silva 11 months, 1 week ago: Such a waste of time an effort!

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Posted by J. Payne 11 months, 1 week ago: @Dirty. That argument is like saying Barbados could accomplish achieving less drunken driving by lowering price of alcohol since it would be more readily available. If you decriminalise Marijuana not only will it bring more drug gangs to operate in the 'haven' of Barbados' it would make Barbados exporter on a wider scale. In terms of your decriminalising = decreasing usage. Check the stats of California where everybody and their mother can buy a license for "medical Marijuana".

Google the term: "marijuana use up 80 percent among teens California". And that's just in the last four years. Other drugs-use by (some estimates) are up 42% there... In terms of 'drugs being a good thing' just ask Colombia how well drug cultivation has done for them in the form of entrenched guerilla wars. I love the RBPF crackdown because I tired of hearing addicts claim they only went to rob to support their habit.

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Posted by Bim Bum 11 months, 1 week ago: There were those who fought madly to keep Slavery
because it suited them to perpetuate Slavery
for economic reasons.

And in the end Emancipation happened.

Now we look back at the whole abhorent debacle
and wonder "WTF were they THINKING??"

'Prohibition Two' has now been running since 1937
at the hands of the country who learned very little from Prohibition One!
The one thing we learn from experience
is that we DON'T learn from experience!