What is it with cannabis and the Viets in Canada and the UK?
Every once in a short while, the Bolsavik would run into a news story from the United Kingdom or Canada, like this one on the Great Yarmouth (UK) Mercury, or this one on the Peterborough (Canada) Examiner.
Yep, every week or two, the Bolsavik would see a story where some group of Viets would be arrested, or charged, or tried, or convicted, or sentenced or, (like this one lucky group as reported here on the Evening Gazette from northeastern England) had their sentences reduced.
All on charges of growing cannabis in their homes. You know, heat lamps in the basement and that sort of stuff.
can•na•bis (k?n’?-b?s) n.
1. A tall annual dioecious plant (Cannabis sativa), native to central Asia and having alternate, palmately divided leaves and tough bast fibers.
2. Any of several mildly euphoriant, intoxicating hallucinogenic drugs, such as ganja, hashish, or marijuana, prepared from various parts of this plant.(American Heritage Dictionary)
Is there something about being Vietnamese that makes these people particular good cannabis farmers? Or is there something about Canada or the UK that makes growing cannabis particularly attractive? I mean, they certainly wouldn’t pull this sort of stunt when they’re still in Vietnam — over there, they take drug runners out and they shoot ‘em dead! See here and here.
It goes without saying that the Bolsavik knows the vast majority of Viets don’t go into this line of apparently very lucrative business. But what makes these news items so prevalent in those 2 countries? Definitely, news of Viets in the US getting caught growing pot are a lot rarer.
The question is why. The Bolsavik has no answers….
The prohibition against pot is like the 1920′s prohibition against alcohol, while there is a danger for some it is best treated medically. The majority suffer no ill effects from it’s ingestion and many with medical problems are able to gain much needed relief from it. The criminal element that surround it is the result of it’s prohibition not the cause of the prohibition.
I believe we should stop spending resources on the fight against marijuana and use those resources to fight serious drugs that are really damaging our society like meth, crack and narcotics.
See why I hate “cholo mentality”???
John 420 aka Art Pedroza said ” let’s stop spending resources on the fight against marijuana………use those resources to fight serious drugs that are really damaging our society like meth, crack and narcotics.”
Sir! we are against ALL types of drugs that drives our children and family to the destruction and it includes mentally harmful marijuanas!
Again, cholos preach how not to get into serious drugs which can move them into state jail system………… and we are concerned with ANY negative factors hindering with our children’s educational success.
Hi, here is the answer as I understand it:
http://www.michaelgray.ca/writing/dope/dope.html
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thanks for the post, great to see more ppl joining the cause