(Ed. note: Prohibitionists usually alternate
between saying that marijuana is as dangerous cocaine, or that it "leads to"
cocaine, but a few months ago a new line developed, that BC homegrown is so potent that it
sells for the same price as cocaine, and that it is traded for it, "pound for
pound." This may actually have happened, but it does
not make any sense on a regular basis. After all the Canadian dollar is fully convertible,
so there is no reason for barter. Moreover, marijuana and cocaine prices vary
independently.
Typically, the results of marijuana prohibition are blamed on
marijuana, not on marijuana prohibition.)
See
New Party Line In
Prohibitionist Propaganda For DEAland/Canada Border
(Disguised As Journalism In Vancouver)
and
Now USA Today Is
Parroting The DEA Line That Canadian Marijuana
Is Swapped "Pound For Pound For Cocaine"
The Langley Times
Langley, British Columbia
August 21, 1998
Editorial
IN THIS CASE, COKE ISN’T IT
Thanks to one unsung hero, Langley is a little safer today. Someone told the RCMP that
there was likely a marijuana grow operation of gargantuan proportions here. Police acted,
and then made the area’s largest dope bust in history.
What makes this seizure even sweeter is the fact that this marijuana was allegedly
destined for the United States. Police believe that the weed would
have been exchanged for cocaine, and brought back to the Lower Mainland.
Cocaine - or white death, as it should be called - is a problem of epidemic
proportions. It is a powerful central nervous system stimulant that heightens alertness,
inhibits appetite and the need for sleep, and provides intense feelings of pleasure.
It’s (sic) use can lead to bizarre, erratic, and violent behavior. These users may
experience tremors, vertigo, muscle twitches, paranoia and more. If you overdose on it,
your death could come from convulsions, heart failure, or the depression of vital brain
centres controlling respiration.
On top of this, cocaine is so addictive that it spurs its users onto committing crime,
all in the name of getting a new fix.
In these days of ‘see no evil, hear no evil, say no evil,’ it’s nice to
know that someone would remember their civic duty and give the Mounties the heads up about
a potentially explosive situation.
Well done.
And we hope more people like you start coming out of the woodwork.
Supported