Don Schultz, the founder of Greenline Academy, offered a course on how to grow marijuana legally at a University of Toronto campus recently. The course was offered to teach people how to become legal growers of medicinal marijuana by getting a license from the federal government and growing it in a small operation.
While the course does offer tips on both the legal and agricultural aspects of growing pot, including a warning about proper ventilation to avoid mold growth, our own experience as a company alone should point to the necessity for a cautious approach to this issue.
Like any party who has witnessed – or in our case, had to clean up after – the damage caused to a dwelling by a marijuana grow op, we’d think very carefully about licensing growing numbers of people to grow pot at home without first ensuring they have the proper facilities to do so.
Grow Op Damage
The police know that for every marijuana grow op house they find, a few more remain off their radar. It’s something you need to be cautious of when buying a resale home. Marijuana grow ops can be found in upscale neighbourhoods as well as more modest locales and can cause significant damage within months.
Growing marijuana requires warm, humid conditions that are also ideal for mold growth, and it’s extremely common for former grow op houses to be mold infested, among other things.
Some of the more common health risks include:
- Poisonous gas and chemicals
- Biological contaminants
- Poor indoor air quality
- Formation of damaging mold and fungus
- Mould and mildew from intense condensation
- Greater chance of fires occurring
You Can’t Always Tell
A visual inspection alone won’t tell you about mold that’s hiding inside the walls or floors. The only way you’ll know for sure is with indoor environmental assessments and testing.
Indoor Environmental Assessments & Testing
Indoor environmental assessments and testing helps detect former Grow Ops.
Before buying your home or if you suspect it has been used as a ‘drug house’, consider hiring a professional indoor environmental assessment & testing company to do a mold, yeast, bacteria – and other toxic substances – inspection. These contaminates are often associated with grow ops and meth labs and are health risks.
As Indoor Environmental Assessment & Testing Specialists, you should know that it is ‘home buyer beware’, and that testing for former Marijuana Grow-Op activity has never been more important.
Know what you are getting into. For Grow-Op & Drug House Testing Services in Toronto, Contact Moldinspections.ca
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