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Pubdate: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 Source: NOW Magazine (Canada) Copyright: 2002 NOW Communications Inc. Contact: http://www.nowtoronto.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/282 Author: Richard Spaan Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n1090/a08.html MOUNTIES GET THEIR POTHEADS In dopey rcmp stats, you call attention to heroin seizure statistics, noting that the decrease is probably related to an increased focus on marijuana. Indeed, when the special Senate committee on illegal drugs visited Richmond, BC, on May 14, Richmond RCMP Superintendent Ward Clapham stated, "As a result of our efforts and focus on our marijuana problems -- which have been increasing -- our statistics on self-generated work in the area of heroin have decreased significantly. They have gone down because our efforts had to go to dealing with marijuana." Richard Spaan New Westminster, BC - --- MAP posted-by: Ariel