Green Party candidates in Scarborough say they welcome a recent court ruling decriminalizing marijuana. Canada’s federal medical marijuana program is “unconstitutional” because it didn’t legally allow access to medicinal marijuana, an Ontario court ruled April 13.
The number of marijuana grow-op busts in 2009–2010 in Scarborough increased by 52 per cent over the previous year, police documents show. Last year, 93 grow-ops were found in Scarborough, up from 61. That same period has seen a 25-per cent increase across Toronto.
Police uncovered a multi-million dollar marijuana grow operation in a condo tower near Scarborough Town Centre on Nov. 1.