# It really \*is\* a war on drugs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 21, 2001, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-really-is-a-war-on-drugs/82996 "2001-09-21T13:11:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-really-is-a-war-on-drugs/82996/1 "2001-09-21T13:11:23Z")
On the news this morning in BC-- The price to smuggle marijuana into the States has doubled to $2000/ kilo. Drug runners say the increased security at the border is making it really tough to send pot south. This is expected to send prices up in the States, and cut down on the quality of dope going through. This is just silly. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2001, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-really-is-a-war-on-drugs/82996/2 "2001-09-22T23:22:18Z")
[sub]nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Nicklz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nicklz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicklz)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-really-is-a-war-on-drugs/82996/3 "2001-09-23T00:00:05Z")
Well I know where my stuff commes from, and it ain’t Canada or Mexico. FYI: The best soil content for growing pot actually comes from certain regions of the appalachian mountains(within U.S. borders), and guess where I live 😃 source on that was one of the many HIGH TIMES magazines I’ve read ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-really-is-a-war-on-drugs/82996/4 "2001-09-23T00:03:06Z")
Phew. You’re right, **Nicklz** ; there’s plenty of Northern CA kind bud. False alarm. ---
**Author:** ![Nicklz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nicklz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicklz)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-really-is-a-war-on-drugs/82996/5 "2001-09-23T00:11:09Z")
Got your sticky fingers on that blueberry yet? That stuff is all you can find over here right now. All the blueberry is coming from Columbus, though. This area hardly ever goes dry due to the overwhelming amount of redneck’s that grow fields of it in their backyards. Surprisingly really potent commercial grade. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-really-is-a-war-on-drugs/82996/6 "2001-09-23T01:08:17Z")
Who the hell smuggles pot into the US? We’ve already got domestic stuff that kicks the ass of any Cannuck cannibis or Mexican ditch weed. Get yourself some primo caber from Humboldt, CA. Buds’re denser than neutronium, and traffic-cone orange. Nothin’ finer. Buy American. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-really-is-a-war-on-drugs/82996/7 "2001-09-23T01:18:18Z")
Huh. The whole reason I’ve felt skeptical about the U.S.’ ability to stamp out terrorism is that the rhetoric sounds so much like what they spewed about our “War on Drugs.” ---
**Author:** ![robgruver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@robgruver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgruver)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-really-is-a-war-on-drugs/82996/8 "2001-09-23T04:34:11Z")
Blah! Who needs that crazy, nasty Mexishwag, when you can get full blow American Hydro from that guy down the street. The ‘War on Drugs’ is bogus. A vast majority of pot smokers are getting their marijuana directly from the people that grow it. When are we going to relize that the ‘War on Drugs’ is a failure, and to legalize marijuana? Billions of dollars are wasted every year on this ‘War’ and it’s high time everyone relized this. /me steps off soapbox. ---
**Author:** ![Nicklz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nicklz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicklz)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-really-is-a-war-on-drugs/82996/9 "2001-09-23T13:41:33Z")
Actually I’ve moved around alot growing up, and I’ve noticed little country town’s go dry and stay dry for weeks at a time. Much of the Rural North East gets it’s stuff from Cananda simply because it’s cheap as hell over there and when it’s brought across they sell it for alot more. And while still illegal in large amounts in Canada it’s not really an enforced law so therefor it’s found acceptable to grow it in your kitchen window ceal or have your entire garden full of pot. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2001, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-really-is-a-war-on-drugs/82996/10 "2001-09-23T21:09:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nicklz \* > And while still illegal in large amounts in Canada it’s not really an enforced law so therefor it’s found acceptable to grow it in your kitchen window ceal or have your entire garden full of pot. And the effect of this quasi-legalization on Canada has been so immeasurable that nobody’s bothered to measure it. Maybe our drug czars should take note. ---
**Author:** ![Hazel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Hazel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazel)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2001, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-really-is-a-war-on-drugs/82996/11 "2001-09-24T05:29:47Z")
Canadians get mass munchies; face weight gain crisis? ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2001, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-really-is-a-war-on-drugs/82996/12 "2001-09-24T05:55:42Z")
Now I have this bizarre picture of all you pot-heads growing little “Victory Gardens” for the War Effort. ---
**Author:** ![chalicesmoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9c0ed/32.png) [@chalicesmoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chalicesmoke)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2001, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-really-is-a-war-on-drugs/82996/13 "2001-09-24T13:44:41Z")
HOMEGROWN…enough said.