Pubdate: Wed, 26 Jan 2005
Source: Winnipeg Free Press (CN MB)
Copyright: 2005 Winnipeg Free Press
Contact:  http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/502
Author: Canadian Press

CANADA BIGGEST SUPPLIER OF POT, SPEED TO U.S.

OTTAWA -- Canada is now the largest single supplier of pot, speed and 
steroids to the United States, says a top customs official. American 
authorities are making more seizures both at and south of the border, says 
George Webb, head of counterterrorism and counterproliferation for the 
Canadian Border Services Agency. At the same time, the flow of illegal 
drugs to Canada from the U.S. appears to have stabilized, according to the 
agency. Major drug busts at the Canadian border have been fairly consistent 
since the mid-1990s. "In the old days, the flow of drugs was northbound, 
coming out of the United States," Webb said yesterday. "That.. has changed."

One American seizure last year yielded the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency 
more than $500 million worth of methamphetamines. Last year, there were 974 
large seizures of drugs coming in to Canada, with a total street value of 
about $269.7 million.
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