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Posted by FoM on August 04, 2001 at 14:46:56 PT By Diane Francis, National Post Source: National Post Marijuana has emerged as a multi-billion-dollar industry in Canada, largely because the United States maintains a vigorous opposition to pot at the same time Canadian authorities turn a blind eye to its cultivation and possession. In the first of a three-part series, National Post columnist Diane Francis reports that these paradoxical positions have created an unparalleled black-market opportunity in Canada, every bit as lucrative as Prohibition afforded Canadian bootleggers in the 1920s. Snipped Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
Comment #5 posted by Spic_420 on February 21, 2002 at 11:02:14 PT:
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The industry will never stop until it is leaglized so all the potheads or just regular smokes will not give in to no ones bull**** [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #4 posted by Sudaca on August 06, 2001 at 08:57:05 PT |
"coupled with the official zero-tolerance approach in the United States has created an unparalleled black-market opportunity in Canada" this is the same sort of thing that happens everywheer else; and that's all the zero tolerance policies will ever achieve. [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #3 posted by ksp on August 05, 2001 at 06:36:09 PT |
"That makes growing pot the biggest industry in British Columbia." wow, imagine that...large appetite south of the border, eh ? congrats to mark emery...hee hee. [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #2 posted by freedom fighter on August 04, 2001 at 16:31:03 PT |
will realize that it will never stop until we leaglize it? ff [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #1 posted by Toker00 on August 04, 2001 at 16:02:14 PT |
Instead of an Honorable Discharge, I coulda had a MERCEDES!!! Sure makes the risk SEEM worth it, huh? Peace. Realize, then Legalize. [ Post Comment ] |
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