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ghostnuke
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lol
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/04/14/usa.canada.marijuana.reut/index.html
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U.S. blames Canada for marijuana emergencies
MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) -- Canadian production of high-potency marijuana is partly to blame for a doubling of pot-related emergency room cases in the United States, the head of U.S. drug policy said Wednesday.
Reiterating U.S. criticism of a more relaxed Canadian attitude to marijuana, White House drug czar John Walters urged Ottawa to recognize the problem of hydroponically grown pot, which is grown in nutrient-rich solutions rather than soil.
It is often grown inside under lights, and
Walters said it sold for as much as cocaine.
"Canada is exporting to us the crack of marijuana and it is a dangerous problem," Walters told reporters in Miami,
where he kicked off a campaign to cut marijuana use by Hispanic youths.
"We need to have political leadership in Canada that recognizes the problem," he said.
"Addiction is going to spread in Canada dramatically. It has in many places."
A longtime critic of Canadian plans to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana,
Walters said that while the pot the hippie generation knew contained on average 1 percent of psychoactive Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, Canada's high-potency marijuana contained 20 to 30 percent THC.
"It is extremely dangerous. It is one of the reasons why we believe ... we have seen a doubling of emergency room cases involving marijuana in the last several years from 60,000 to 120,000," Walters said.
Disagreements over drug policy, combined with differences over the Iraq war, are among several issues that have chilled relations between Canada and its powerful southern neighbor.
While maintaining that improving ties with Washington was a priority, new Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin said in December he intended to press ahead with plans to end jail terms for people caught with small amounts of marijuana.
And Ottawa has said that Washington's own data shows that of all the illegal pot seized by U.S. agents only 1.5 percent came from Canada.
The head of the White House Office of National Drug Policy said that Canadian producers had a multibillion dollar marijuana growing business and that 80 to 90 percent of revenues came from the United States.
He said Toronto authorities told him there were up to 15,000 indoor growers in that metropolitan area alone.
hilarious lies by the us government bolded
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Thu Apr 15, 2004 1:50 pm |
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WarMaN_WH
Joined: 05 Jul 2001
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cry?
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Thu Apr 15, 2004 2:19 pm |
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Necrophilic
Joined: 22 Nov 2003
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quote:
Originally posted by WarMaN_WH
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Originally posted by Ocram-OB
i'd flame the shit out of you if it want for pimster 
what?
compulsive need to stand up for Ghostnuke
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Thu Apr 15, 2004 7:11 pm |
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~Dakine..HeX
Joined: 15 Sep 2000
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hay dude, i know you think its hilarious when you post these "LOL BUSH IS A RETARD ROFL !!!one11!" threads.
but no one else gives a fuck.
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Fri Apr 16, 2004 6:37 pm |
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ghostnuke
Joined: 03 Aug 2003
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quote:
Originally posted by ~Dakine..HeX
hay dude, i know you think its hilarious when you post these "LOL BUSH IS A RETARD ROFL !!!one11!" threads.
but no one else gives a fuck.
bush didn't say any of that stuff though????
if you want to defend this bullshit why don't you actually show me where i'm wrong =)
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Fri Apr 16, 2004 6:41 pm |
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~Dakine..HeX
Joined: 15 Sep 2000
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nah i'm not defending anything, i'm not even disagreeing with you.
All I am saying is, no one fucking cares.
good day.
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Fri Apr 16, 2004 9:03 pm |
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ThreeUp3Down
Joined: 10 Jul 2003
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ROFL 60k to 120k I don't there has been 60 in the history of the world yet alone 60k.
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Fri Apr 16, 2004 10:13 pm |
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ghostnuke
Joined: 03 Aug 2003
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quote:
Originally posted by ~Dakine..HeX
i got owned
cool later bro
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Fri Apr 16, 2004 11:24 pm |
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~Dakine..HeX
Joined: 15 Sep 2000
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quote:
Originally posted by ~Dakine..HeX
nah i'm not defending anything, i'm not even disagreeing with you.
All I am saying is, no one fucking cares.
good day.
k
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Sat Apr 17, 2004 12:27 am |
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Sypher
Joined: 18 Sep 2000
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keep in mind they count "drug deals gone bad" as marijuana related incidents. Although I still don't see how the number can still be so high
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Sat Apr 17, 2004 8:34 am |
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ThreeUp3Down
Joined: 10 Jul 2003
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Okay if you count emergency rooms incidents that would pass 60 but still wouldn't be close to 60k if you counted all drug deals yet alone one's for weed. Very few people get killed over selling bud though I did see a show on Court TV recently about a case in which it did happen.
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Sat Apr 17, 2004 9:09 am |
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ghostnuke
Joined: 03 Aug 2003
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the 60,000-12,000 number is spin, if someone is in the emergency room for any reason and thc is in their system they count it as a "marijuana related emergency"
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Sat Apr 17, 2004 10:31 am |
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