Pubdate: Mon, 31 Jan 2005
Source: Province, The (CN BC)
Copyright: 2005 The Province
Contact:  http://www.canada.com/vancouver/theprovince/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476
Author: Eugene Oscapella
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada)

WE'RE NOT BIG DOPE EXPORTERS

The Province cites a "top Customs official" as saying that Canada is now 
the largest single supplier of marijuana to the United States. This is 
utter nonsense.

U.S. government officials, and now apparently Canadian government 
officials, have often made claims that Canada is a major supplier of 
cannabis to the U.S. However, the available evidence, including reports 
from the auditor general of Canada, the RCMP and the United Nations, shows 
just the opposite -- that Canada is, in fact, only a minor supplier of 
cannabis to the U.S.

The most recent report was produced jointly by Canadian- and U.S. 
government agencies. The report concluded that Canadian-produced marijuana 
accounts for only two per cent of overall U.S. marijuana seizures at its 
borders.

Eugene Oscapella,

Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy,

Ottawa 
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