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Canada 'Sells US High-Grade Pot'
Posted by CN Staff on April 15, 2004 at 08:05:51 PT
Marijuana is said to be big business in Canada 
Source: BBC News UK
Canada is a major exporter of high-potency marijuana, according to the man who leads the US war on drugs. White House "drug czar" John Walters says new cultivation methods mean marijuana sold today in the US is much stronger than in the 1960s. "We have a growing problem with the expansion of particularly high-potency marijuana coming from Canada," he said. Last year the drug produced in British Columbia alone was worth $9bn and most of it was exported to the US, he added.
High-grade marijuana is grown in nutrient-rich solutions rather than soil, and sells for as much as cocaine, according to Mr Walters, who heads the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Today's pot is on average seven times more potent "than the marijuana baby-boomer parents may remember from their days of use or experimentation", he told reporters. He said the change had led to a doubling of hospital emergency cases involving marijuana. Mr Walters added: "Canada is exporting to us the crack of marijuana and it is a dangerous problem." The Bush administration has criticised Canadian plans to reduce sentences for people caught with small amounts of marijuana. Canada denies being a major contributor the United States' drug problem. Ottawa says Washington's own data shows that of all the illegal marijuana seized by US agents, only 1.5% came from Canada. Source: BBC News (UK Web) Published: April 15, 2004Copyright: 2004 BBC Contact: newsonline bbc.co.ukWebsite: http://news.bbc.co.uk/ Related Articles & Web Site:Cannabis News Canadian Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/can.htmU.S. Blames Canada for Marijuana Emergencieshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18643.shtmlLiberal Laws Worry Drug Czarhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14126.shtmlCzar Rips Canadian Recommendation on Marijuanahttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread14125.shtml
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Comment #3 posted by kaptinemo on April 15, 2004 at 11:36:22 PT:
And you know what's really funny
The (globalist) free trade crowd are always harping on how border restrictions impede trade, drive prices up and throttle competition. But open borders and the free flow of goods back and forth are supposed to be so wonderful.Yet, if ol' Johnny had his druthers, there'd be a 20 foot high, razor wire and busted-bottle fence the entire length of the 49th Parallel, Great Lakes and all, with dogs, sensors, night vision, cameras, etc. to keep out the dreaded BC Bud - which I still mainatain is pure hype. Now, unless I am mistaken, that's a sign of 'protectionism', which is supposed to be literally anathema to 'free-trade' (globalist form) Republicans.Think of it as an 'unintended consequence' of NAFTA and GATT, Johnny-me-lad.Sad. So sad. And pathetic.
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Comment #2 posted by kaptinemo on April 15, 2004 at 10:47:49 PT:
Like an axe across his tirade
The last sentence says it all. A miniscule amount shipped...yet Johnny Pee makes mountains out of molehills.While who knows how many tons of cocaine or heroin are transhipped every week through the continental US to Canada. I guess the Canux are just patiently waiting out the remaining days of this coterie of crackpots and are hoping for a (slightly) more rational bunch with the next Administration...if the voting machines haven't been tampered with - again.
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Comment #1 posted by FoM on April 15, 2004 at 09:38:22 PT
News Article from The Scotsman UK
Vegas Stars in Drug Dealer Sitcom for BBC April 15, 2004By Anita Singh, Showbusiness Editor, PA News Johnny Vegas is to star as a drug dealer in a new BBC sitcom.The funnyman plays Moz, a character who sells marijuana from his Manchester bedsit.The sitcom, I Deal, has been made for BBC3 by Steve Coogan’s production company Baby Cow.Like The Royle Family, the entire show is filmed in Moz’s flat. There are regular comings and goings from his best friend Kuldip and his main supplier PC – who turns out to be a police constable.Vegas joked: “When they said I was playing a dealer, I thought it was a Lovejoy type show for the new generation, and that ‘dope’ was hip-hop for ‘lovely Elizabethan table’.”A spokesman for the show said: “Although Moz’s chosen profession is a dubious one he is a man of principles.“He deals only in the many varieties of marijuana and sees himself as providing a crucial service to the local community.”The show is the first to be commissioned by the BBC’s Manchester-based Comedy Unit and all the actors will be drawn from the north of England.Made by the team behind dark comedy Nighty Night, I Deal will be broadcast on BBC3 later in the year before transferring to BBC2. Copyright: 2004 Scotsman.com http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2785752
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