Dope Grower Kills Four Canadian RCMP Officers

(Mayerthorpe, Alberta) There's a shock wave across Canada at the news of four Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers being killed yesterday while investigating a marijuana growing operation in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta. Crazed cop-hater James Roszko, 47, blamed for killing the RCMP officers, also died.

Const. Peter Schiemann, 25, Const. Anthony Gordon, 28, Const. Lionide Johnston, 34, and Const. Brock Myrol, 29, were found slain inside a Quonset hut containing the marijuana growing operation.

Large-scale marijuana operations in Canada, often linked to organized crime, have produced an atmosphere of extreme violence which threatens the public and law enforcement. Some believe it's time for Canada to rethink its overall drug strategy and increase the penalties for marijuana growers.

It seems the Canadian policy of decriminalization of marijuana has unintended and deadly consequences.