"Drug scares" are phenomena in their own right, a 'popular media creation' where powerful actors condemn a drug as a social problem" (35); "growers are diverse, non-violent, and interested in more than money" (35); a 2011 report from the Canadian Justice Department "challenges claims about organized crime in marijuana cultivation" through over 500 incidents from Crown Prosecutor files and RCMP criminal history files over an eight year period: only 6% of busted sites were associated with firearms, barely higher than the 5.5% national average of licenced gun owners (32); only 5% of sites were associated with organized crime or street gangs (34); over half busted sites were under five plants; barely 3% had over 1,000 plants; 76% charged were male; 39% resulted in fines (34).