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...your feet. It's definitely a job where you learn everyday from the officers who have been doing it their whole lives." On a typical day, Reyes will opt for the 4 to midnight shift. During the summer, he likes to have the days to himself. As the light wanes, he gets in his cruiser and watches Harvard hit the books. "I love my job here," he says. "But, I also want to keep my options open. Eventually, I would love to represent the town I live in. It's tough to get a job in the state of Massachusetts...
...women, the weekend's meteorological cocktail of light wind and thunderstorms cut the number of races down to only eight per division...
...into the business. Gangs ranging from outlaw bikers to Latin American and Asian gangs are moving into B.C. pot cultivation--and also into lucrative cross-border smuggling and distribution. The Mounties have been busting more and more large-scale operations, often located in warehouse-size buildings, with strings of light bulbs as bright as stadium lights and computer-controlled hydroponic systems for fertilizing and watering several hundred plants. The smugglers move the stuff on every conceivable conveyance--over back roads in four-wheel-drive vehicles, through the woods on snowmobiles and dogsleds, and over water by boat, sea kayak...
...many Federal Reserve chairmen does it take to change a light bulb...
Many B.C. growers tend a few plants in a basement or attic under bare 1,000-watt metal halide or high-pressure sodium light bulbs. The authorities give lower priority to busting cultivators, who, even if caught with hundreds of plants, usually get off without jail time. They face fines and seizure of equipment but are typically back in business within weeks. Canada doesn't have U.S.-style mandatory sentencing laws for drug offenses. Law-enforcement officials say most Canadian judges don't view pot cultivation as a serious crime. Says Corporal John Dykstra of the Mounties: "People...