A drug task force detective gives his reasons why the substance should not be legalized.
Aside from job security, there is one big reason Stow Detective Tom Gottas, of the narcotics division, says marijuana should not be legalized. "We can't legalize something that leads to bad stuff," he said. After 20 years on the Stow force, most people he runs into that are doing drugs admit they started with pot. "It's a gateway drug," Gottas said. "They start with that, and then they want to use something stronger to get higher and get into higher levels of drug abuse." One of Stow's bigger drug problems is marijuana at the high school, he said during a Neighborhood Watch meeting May 17. "There's a lot of money in Stow and almost every student at the high school [has the ability to] drive to places like Akron to buy it," Gottas said. "…
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Police received an anonymous tip about the plants.
Last updated: May 6, 4:31 p.m. Police collected 88 marijuana plants from a Graham Road home May 3, a seizure that police say ranks among the department's largest. "This is one of the nicer grows that we have seen, but not the biggest, although it would be right up there with the big ones," said Detective Tom Gottas, of the police department's narcotics division. No arrests have been made, he said, but the investigation continues. A fully mature marijuana plant is typically worth about $1,000. Gottas said each of the plants collected was worth about $500 or less (about $40,000 total). "We got them before they were completely done growing," he said. After the investigation and prosecution is complete, Gottas said the marijuana plants will be…
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10:03 am on Saturday, September 29, 2012
Lets see here of course people would say that it shouldnt be legal but none of them are doctors,it is not the gateway drug if you chose to do a stronger drug thats your promblem dummy,it was here before us and it will be here after us somke a joint or two and drive ,,but have a few drinks and see what happens,all people that think it should not be legal go crawl in a box and stay there ,Medical … more ›