From: Damien R. Sullivan (phoenix@ugcs.caltech.edu)
Date: Mon Jul 06 1998 - 11:58:30 MDT
Last week's Economist has a piece on Canadian pot. Allegedly Vancouver has
a San Francisco-like attitude, so many Vietnam draft resisters ended up there,
bringing their pot seeds with them. The pot has since been bred for the
climate and 30% THC content (vs. 2% originally.) It's estimated that the
B.C. pot market is $4 billion -- more than mining or farming, and close to
tourism. British Columbia apparently has a fairly laidback attitude towards
having or even growing pot -- illegal, but ill-enforced.
"I know! Let's decertify Canada!"
The article also mentioned that the US has 500,000 people in prison on
marijuana charges. Canadians may not be able to have handguns, but, hmm.
-xx- Damien R. Sullivan X-)
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