Beautiful BC – Narco-Province – YouTube HB
Beautiful BC – Narco-Province – YouTube HB – British Columbia is a Narco Province! BC Bud is a generic term for several varieties of potent cannabis grown in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The term has almost become a brand name, especially in California, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho and Washington, to where most of the province’s cannabis is exported. The United States Drug Enforcement Administration considers BC production to be a major problem, given the porous United States-Canada border. • British Columbia’s top commodity is Marijuana. *Source: Skelton, C. (2001, July 7). BC’s top commodity: Marijuana. The Vancouver Sun. billion Marijuana .7 billion Construction .6 billion Logging and forest products .7 billion Mining .4 billion Manufacturing .1 billion Agriculture There may be an unseen force that has been sustaining growth and holding up the real estate market — and, indeed, the economy — in British Columbia through the current global downturn. Researchers claim that the marijuana growth industry employs between 90000 — 150000 people in the province directly. The Economist pegged the drug trade in BC (with Vancouver as its distribution hub) at greater than Billion per year. This includes the importation of heroin and cocaine (which frequently serves as a form of payment for the receipt of BC pot) by more than 130 gangs, who vie for control of distribution and importation on the streets of Greater Vancouver daily, resulting in a record-breaking murder spree. BC has been the primary source …
Understanding Opioids: Part 1
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "The unprecedented rise in overdose deaths in the US parallels a 300% increase since 1999 in the sale of these strong painkillers. These drugs … In the state of Washington, where both Drs …
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Tony Newman: Patrick Kennedy, of all people, should oppose war on drugs
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Kennedy checked into a rehab center in 2007 for his addiction to Oxycodone after crashing his car while intoxicated. … Thanks to the proliferation of the "drug courts" model – championed by the Obama administration and Congress despite their lack of …
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