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hershie · 11-27-2002, 08:37 PM

here's an excerpt from a story in last years Vancouver Sun that says maybe 1 out of every 35 homes is BC is a grow op.

Measuring the size of an illegal industry is difficult.

Detective Anne Drennan, spokeswoman for the OCA, said the agency's estimates are based on intelligence gathered by police, including information on the number of complaints received by police about growing operations in the community.

The agency estimates there are 15,000 to 20,000 growing operations in the Lower Mainland and a total of 20,000 to 25,000 across B.C.

If the OCA's estimates are correct, that means there is a growing operation in at least one in every 46 homes -- possibly as many as one in every 35.

Emery, for one, thinks the OCA's numbers are too high. He estimates the province's pot trade is worth about $4 billion, not $6 billion, and estimates about 60,000 people are employed full-time in the pot trade.

But that would still make it one of the province's leading industries.

11-27-2002, 08:37 PM
hershie Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,642	here's an excerpt from a story in last years Vancouver Sun that says maybe 1 out of every 35 homes is BC is a grow op. Measuring the size of an illegal industry is difficult. Detective Anne Drennan, spokeswoman for the OCA, said the agency's estimates are based on intelligence gathered by police, including information on the number of complaints received by police about growing operations in the community. The agency estimates there are 15,000 to 20,000 growing operations in the Lower Mainland and a total of 20,000 to 25,000 across B.C. If the OCA's estimates are correct, that means there is a growing operation in at least one in every 46 homes -- possibly as many as one in every 35. Emery, for one, thinks the OCA's numbers are too high. He estimates the province's pot trade is worth about $4 billion, not $6 billion, and estimates about 60,000 people are employed full-time in the pot trade. But that would still make it one of the province's leading industries.