Reply #23: The twisted logic of opponents

[The Wizard]

"You can call it medical marijuana, but this is the nose under the tent to the legalization of marijuana," said George Basar, chief of police in Howell and president of the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police. "My biggest fear is large, sophisticated growing operations and, eventually, storefront operations, which will lead to narcotics robberies.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/health/chi-medical-marijuanamar20,0,1359482.story

So something that is easily grown and essentially a weed will cause some people to engage in high risk crime to obtain it. Maybe Chief Basar can get Homeland Security funding to keep terrorists from stealing cannabis plants. Cannabis indica will easily grow in the Michigan climate just as it grows in similar climates around the world. It does, however, have a skunk like odor. There goes the neighborhood.