Cannabis found underground near Taunton

Because of, not despite of, our crazy laws huge profits can be made from the cultivation of cannabis. The papers are constantly advertising this fact. It's not surprising people are cashing in and, because of the huge potential profits, organised crime gangs are also cashing in . However, as evidenced by this article, it is a dangerous option unless, of course, you are a friend of the government. In this case you can grow 60,000 high quality, high potency cannabis plants on a science park in kent with impunity. Not only this, you can also extract all the active ingredients, bottle it and sell it as a 'safe and effective' medicine, worldwide, at huge profit (google Sativex). The war against cannabis users has only one purpose - to protect the huge profits of Pharmaceutical companies and their investors (including MPs). We are being conned and deprived of a valuable medicine, which the government deem 'dangerous', unless you have a home office licence when it magically becomes 'safe and effective' .The only way to resolve the situation is to legalise and allow people to grow their own. The cannabis 'factory' problem will virtually disappear and police can apply their scarce resources to catching real criminals with real victims.

after a bit of research:

cannabis is no stronger than it was 30+ years ago, we now just measure the strength of bud not the leaves etc, the critics of cannabis have completely ignored facts like countries that have decriminalized or regulated the use of cannabis haven't fallen apart and have no higher levels of mental illness.
also a footnote:
hydroponics do not increase the strength of cannabis, it increases the yield, edible foods are grown hydroponically, now growing a tomato this way doesn't make it more of a tomato, the lights the plants are grown under are certainly not as powerful as the sun, however inside there is a constant supply of light and water so the plants are given exactly what is required to grow the plant, simple science tells us that no hydroponics give the plants roots direct access to air and water therefore making the plant grow quicker, its no dark art or some sort of black magic, it wont be long before we are burning people at the stake for supplying mint tea.

If the government made some kind of licensing or tax system for the legal growing of cannabis there could be a win all round,revenue for the coffers, less use of police time and hopefully less experimenting with other dangerous legal and illegal highs and drunkeness.
It's amazing that tobacco is STILL legal after all that we have known about it for so long.
The main problems with what these growers are producing is a higher THC level making grass which is much stronger than many people remember as the 'happy whacky baccy' .
I know people who found the weed around in the 70s/80s was just relaxing and led to creativity and deep conversations and unlike alcohol, NEVER led to aggressive or destructive behaviour.
The 'Skunk' that has been highly bred and grown hydroponically for the current market, is way stronger and I have witnessed more than one person who has had a severe mental breakdown from its use or they just get so stoned they can do nothing.
If people could grow it naturally in the garden as it was meant to be,perhaps it would get back to a sensible THC level and people that find it helps their medical conditions,such as MS, and yes folks it does work, need not be made to feel like criminals.

Cannabis laws don't seem to be in place for any real reason, certainly not to protect us mere members of the public, Professor David Nutt was sacked for not telling the government what they wanted to hear, the governments own chief scientist Professor John Beddington backed his findings but he was ignored.

What an outrageous waste of tax payers money. When will the Government see sense and allow the taxed and regulated sale of cannabis, which according to the Independent Drug Monitoring Unit would save the exchequer in the region of £6.7 billion.