cannabisnews.com: Pot Lovers Fight for Their B.C. Sea Weed Pot Lovers Fight for Their B.C. Sea Weed Posted by CN Staff on August 09, 2002 at 10:02:48 PT By Brent Jang Source: Globe and Mail Armed with homegrown, scented spray, the B.C. Marijuana Party is retaliating against police who board West Coast ferries with their drug-sniffing dogs. For two days this week, activists sprayed ferry decks with THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, party president Marc Emery said yesterday.The action came a week after undercover police officers with Labrador retrievers netted seven kilograms of marijuana on the ferry run between Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver and Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. In an effort to thwart the next police search on ferries, several party members used a special solution that left THC oil residue on the car decks located below the passenger levels, Mr. Emery said.As well, volunteers sprinkled marijuana-laced cayenne pepper around. "The heartbreaking part was grinding up an ounce of pot and mixing it with cayenne pepper and realizing that it will never get smoked."The intent of the two-pronged counterattack against police is to thwart their searches by confusing sniffer dogs that are trained to sit down when they detect hidden pot."We sacrificed some good pot for the cause," said Mr. Emery, who garnered 905 votes in the Vancouver-Burrard riding in an unsuccessful bid to win a seat in the B.C. Legislature last year. He is seeking to become Vancouver's mayor in the civic election scheduled for fall.Corporal Tim Dean of West Vancouver police played down the party's tactics, saying that neither the spray nor pepper stymied any dogs because no drug searches were conducted on any of the sailings boarded by the B.C. Marijuana Party.Police certainly won't be tipping their hand as to when they will do searches under a program dubbed Operation High Seas, he said.He defended the July 30 searches that led to eight arrests. Three people face trafficking charges, but five others caught smoking marijuana cigarettes were released."We didn't search any vehicles on board. All we were doing was walking police dogs up and down the car decks."It was only after police seized two cars and obtained search warrants that the trunks were opened on police property, he added.Deborah Dykes, a spokeswoman for the ferry fleet owned by the B.C. government, said her main concern was that the party distributed political pamphlets that urged people to join for $10. "We've asked them to cease and desist."Ferry staff won't be taking special measures to prevent future spraying campaigns, but car decks will be patrolled and cleaned as a matter of routine, Ms. Dykes said. "If we had the need to phone the police, we would. We haven't felt the need."Police said they have no plans to launch an investigation since the party didn't obstruct any officers and the amount of THC involved wouldn't be enough to trigger possession charges.Mr. Emery said party members plan to carry out their "pot protest" many more times over the next two weeks on three ferries used between West Vancouver and Nanaimo's Departure Bay.Newshawk: puff_tuffSource: Globe and Mail (Canada)Author: Brent JangPublished: Friday, August 9, 2002 – Print Edition, Page A7Copyright: 2002 The Globe and Mail CompanyContact: letters globeandmail.caWebsite: http://www.globeandmail.ca/Related Articles & Web Site:B.C. Marijuana Partyhttp://www.bcmarijuanaparty.ca/Pot Fans Hope to Foil Sea Weed Campaignhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13680.shtmlMarijuana Party To Avenge Ferry Pot Busthttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13635.shtmlUndercover Action Ends in Drug Bust on B.C. Ferryhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13612.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #7 posted by FoM on August 09, 2002 at 15:10:30 PT Activists Plan to Plant Pot on Ferries Carla Wilson Times Colonist (Victoria) Friday, August 09, 2002 There could be a little something extra in the air on board B.C. ferries running between Nanaimo's Departure Bay and Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver. The B.C. Marijuana Party says it is trying to disrupt the work of drug-sniffing police dogs by sprinkling ground-up marijuana and cayenne pepper powder, and spraying distilled marijuana on the car decks of ferries. Party members say they'll be on board ferries between Departure Bay and Horseshoe Bay every day for the next two weeks to tend to their task. The group is protesting the actions last week of police officers, who used drug-sniffing dogs to find marijuana hidden in cars on board ferries. Three people were arrested.Snipped: Complete Article: http://www.canada.com/victoria/story.asp?id=4E433D17-A115-40F7-BD8D-85B0A3732BAC [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by 2Spooky on August 09, 2002 at 11:19:38 PT leaves work just fine =) It is the pot itself they are trained to smell.I have used extract of leaf myself, and it works just fine ;) [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by E_Johnson on August 09, 2002 at 11:17:34 PT We are people not trout! He defended the July 30 searches that led to eight arrests. Three people face trafficking charges, but five others caught smoking marijuana cigarettes were released.You can practice catch and release when you go fishing buddy but you really need to stop treating people like they are trout. [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by Industrial Strength on August 09, 2002 at 10:59:56 PT American border greeters are nasty regardless. [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by Naaps on August 09, 2002 at 10:56:43 PT Tough to Stop the Police The posturing and idea are fine, but the actual implementation is difficult. I suspect that the 17 cops and their 5 dogs, involved in Operation High Seas, probably didn’t have to pay their fares for the 4 sailings between Horseshoe Bay and the Nanaimo. Meanwhile, the people working for the BCMP must pay for each trip. It costs approximately $10 for a foot passenger. Even with our deep-pocketed friend, Marc Emery, paying for the trip and the scented concoction, they don’t know if the police will be targeting that particular ferry sailing. So the action could be expensive, without even really affecting the police action.If the BCMP knew when the cops were going to act, they could better stage their interdiction activities. Perhaps some ferry workers could alert them that a number of police dogs are boarding the ferry, but if the dogs are in vans, not to be released until the car decks are cleared of people, then it is tough to warn anyone.Akin to the solution suggested by Cannabisnews readers for the BART system, with its sniffer dogs on trains, it might be cheaper to use caryophyllene oxide. Then again, maybe some cheap, ‘B’ grade pot is cheaper.I also wonder if someone sails from the Nanaimo, maybe picks up some scent on their shoes while walking about on the car deck, arrives in Vancouver, and either drives to the border, or goes to the airport, either way crossing the line. Then, a border ion scanner or a drug dog smells the unwitting traveler, and the american border greeters get all nasty. [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by Industrial Strength on August 09, 2002 at 10:20:31 PT I was wondering the same thing about the leaves. Obviously, the active ingredient is the same, but leaf does smell alot different. I wonder if anyone knows if the dogs are trained to smell THC or actual "marijuana"? You would think if they could away with using shake they would. Maybe it's just because it's BC. They don't even want to touch leaves. lol. [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by 2Spooky on August 09, 2002 at 10:11:58 PT hmmmm Why would you bother to waste good pot when leaf will work just as well?And as for the cleaning of the ferrys....all the more reason to spray as many cars and out-of-the way places as possible. Inside paper towel and toilet paper rolls and such. Hehhehe..maybe even spike the cleaning solution ;) [ Post Comment ] Post Comment