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Where does the US get it's cannabis?- Canada.

Posted by polybore • 7/22/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: Canada, cannabis, import tax, Marijuana, us, wood

Well this was a surprise for me. Just listened to a documentary on the Beeb (BBC).

In 2002 the US slapped a 29% import tax on Canadian soft pulp wood products putting many in this business in Canada out of work.

Many of the guys who lost their jobs switched to growing marijuana to feed their families.

The impression I got from the report is that British Columbia is a huge hydroponic factory pumping out tonnes of high grade cannabis. Most of this is for the US market.

What is your understanding of this issue?

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7/22/08

dlowe

Yeah that doesn't suprise me. Its easy to smuggle it in from canada because not all Canadians are brown and some are known to speak english.

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1. 7/22/08
  
  polybore
  
  And it is a very very long border.
7/22/08

aningeniousname

They don't use people the use homing pigeons, it's all very high tech nowadays.

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1. 7/22/08
  
  polybore
  
  I bet those pigeons dont even need to flap their wings to fly so high.
2. 7/22/08
  
  aningeniousname
  
  The hardest part is getting the condoms full of drugs down their throats, a pigeons throat is very narrow and it's stomach is no bigger than a humming bird. They have to send their shipments across an eighth of an ounce at a time.
3. 7/22/08
  
  Anniepooh
  
  Wow, is that like the sparrows that carried the coconut shells?
4. 7/22/08
  
  polybore
  
  Hmm. True maybe a Swallow would be better. African or European?
5. 7/22/08
  
  aningeniousname
  
  What do you think was in the coconut shells? That's why they had to start using pigeons.
6. 7/22/08
  
  Anniepooh
  
  Aha! Now I see ... it's always those Brits that start stuff, isn't it?
7/22/08

Anniepooh

My understandin' is that my kin are still in Tennessee growin' the wacky weed.

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1. 7/22/08
  
  polybore
  
  Wacky backy from Tennessee. Has a sort of ring to it. Seems like growing the stuff is big business in all countries these days.
2. 7/22/08
  
  Anniepooh
  
  They're firin' up the still, too from what I hear.
3. 7/22/08
  
  polybore
  
  Sounds like an excellent place for a party. I'd just be on the lemonade of course.
7/22/08

EJSpurrell

I live in BC, and I see first-hand the impact it has on our local economy. I personally see nothing wrong if someone wants to spark one up, after all, countless studies have been done on the subject, and in my experience, it's nowhere near as dangerous as, say, alcohol, but the idea that BC is one big hydroponics grow-op is laughable. "BC Bud" is only a moniker applied to strains that were developed in BC. Truthfully, anyone, anywhere could grow "BC Bud" and have it every bit as potent as if it were grown in BC itself. Of the growers that I know (most are permitted), most of their "product" is specifically for a local market, but there are high-yield growers out there who are known to prefer international trade.

But since, effectively, BC Bud CAN be grown anywhere with a suitable hydroponics system, I don't see much point in pointing the finger towards BC. Outdoor "guerilla" grow-ops are common in large amounts, but the potency of such grows leaves many pot-smokers disappointed.

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1. 7/22/08
  
  polybore
  
  Yeah sorry "one big hydroponics factory" are my words to describe the impression I got from the report not words by the BBC. Thanks for putting the record straight. Here is a link to the report but I am not sure if it is available for international listeners. www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/howcrimetookonworld/pip/h3p0n/