<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3401" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>For the record, BC dope is actually quiet revered amongst those in the 'know' (not that I necessarily 'know').  'What I've heard' is that there are two categories of marijuana: <EM>indica</EM>, which favours the temperate Canadian climes and induces a more physical stone; and <EM>sativa</EM>, a tropical strain, which has a lighter cerebral affect.  If you were an American smoking in the 60's and 70's you probably smoked sativa. And, more than likely, it was sativa that Clinton didn't inhale. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial>Sativa is also known for inducing a feeling of paranoia in some people. LaRoche, it is safe to assume, has simply been smoking the wrong stuff.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial>BTW, Marijuana is now a (or, depending on the source, 'the') major industry in British Columbia. It accounts for at least twice as much as all the wholesale fisheries revenue in British Columbia combined (which was once the major industry). This partially explains pots quasi-legal status in BC and the civilized emergence of Hemp-cafes in downtown Vancouver.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial>It is also interesting to note that pot has become somewhat more of a cause celebre for the Right in Canada, rather than for the Left.  </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial><BR></FONT><FONT face="Arial Black" size=3>----</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3> </DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>Doug Henwood wrote</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>>More from the LaRouche paper. A little item on p. 3 reports that <BR>>British Columbia has now become the leading North American marijuana <BR>>producer. The paper comments: "Canada, of course, has been a <BR>>spawning-ground for British operations against the U.S. since the <BR>>time of America's War of Independence."<BR><BR>>Doug</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial Black" size=3>-----</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>Jf Noonan Wrote:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>> Do you know how depressing that would be, if true?  What that<BR>> says of the potential quality of the product available is really<BR>> sad.<BR> ---------</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>Alex Lantsberg wrote</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>> i was under the impression that BC dope was some of the better stuff on the west coast</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>--------</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>