Seized seeds could have produced 42 million joints: RCMP

CBC ^ | Feb 28, 2006

[proud_yank]

RCMP officers in Montreal have dismantled an international operation that they allege was selling marijuana seeds over the internet.

INDEPTH: Marijuana

Investigators claim they seized 200,000 seeds, enough to run 500 grow operations if planted and nurtured correctly.

That many plants would have the potential to generate about 42 million joints, reporters were told as police displayed the seized material Tuesday.

See-through envelopes each held half a dozen tiny khaki seeds, and carried labels displaying names such as Thai Tingler. Police also showed stacks of high-denomination bills, some bars of gold, several computers and a black T-shirt printed with the URL cannabisworld.com.

Sgt.-Maj. André Potvin said the bust will have an impact around the world because the group allegedly operated throughout North America, the United Kingdom and other regions.

Police say buyers ordered seeds through six separate websites, and the company allegedly sent them out by mail.

Seven people face a total of 49 charges as a result of the investigation, which began in November 2004.

Marijuana activists like Marc-Boris Saint-Maurice, founder of the Marijuana Party, said they'll be watching the court case carefully.

"There is the impression that seeds are legal in Canada," he said. "This case is unprecedented, so I guess that the upcoming court case is going to be important to try and figure out the actual legal status of seeds."

The RCMP say there's nothing to figure out. Selling cannabis seeds is illegal in Canada, and anyone caught doing it will be arrested.

[proud_yank]

Not a bad catch

[proud_yank]

ping

[rogue yam]

Boy, talk about counting your chickens!

[Lexington Green]

I feel safer now.

[Mike Darancette]

Seized seeds could have produced 42 million joints: RCMP

Wow man! Bummer. :)

[jrg]

I feel so much safer now.

[Wolfie]

The Canucks should make up their minds. They tax marijuana seed sales.

[Slump Tester]

"That many plants would have the potential to generate about 42 million joints."

So are they talking party cigars or pinners?

These are the same folks who leave big clumps of dirt on the roots when they weight plants.

[Procyon]

With a street value of 87 trillion dollars!!!

[TheDane]

A least half of them would be male plants. Most consider males unsmokable.

[L98Fiero]

"So are they talking party cigars or pinners?"

Doesn't matter. Two seeds could produce the same results over time, provided one of the plants turns out to be male and the other female.

Kind of a silly estimate when talking about living things that reproduce.

[Codedog]

Doesn't everybody like a little Thai Tingle?????

[tx_eggman]

200,000 seeds, enough to run 500 grow operations if planted and nurtured correctly ... That many plants would have the potential to generate about 42 million joints

Or, they could have been used to produce another 10,000,000 seeds which, in turn, could produce 2 billion joints ...

200,000 seeds is what, about one 14x14x20 box full .. not exactly the bust of the century.

[vin-one]

Bong Bong Bong we have a winner.........

[SlowBoat407]

Sinful Caesar sipped his snifter, seized his seeds and sneezed.

[R. Scott]

Seized seeds could have produced 42 million joints: RCMP

It used to be that LEOs would give street value by the joint for small pot busts – it would make it look bigger than it really was. Now they’re doing it for seeds?

[Know your rights]

Sgt.-Maj. André Potvin said the bust will have an impact around the world

Yeah, marijuana will disappear now.

[Know your rights]

With a street value of 87 trillion dollars!!!

6 million people saved from turning into bats.

[Billthedrill]

Investigators claim they seized 200,000 seeds, enough to run 500 grow operations if planted and nurtured correctly.

Gosh, they didn't state what the correct method of nurturing is, did they? Just curious for scientific reasons only...

[Supernatural]

Wow! Seeds are illegal! Wonder what will be illegal next?

How about HAMBURGERS!

[Know your rights]

I hear you can't grow marijuana without dirt ... better ban it.

[MamaTexan]

Seized seeds could have produced 42 million joints

Aw, man!

Don't smoke the seeds.....that's just nasty!

:-)

[getsoutalive]

Through a simple cloning process a single female plant could produce a practically infinite number of new plants without ever bearing a single seed. Just clip off a small branch and force it to grow roots of its own. Bingo new plant. Can be done over and over for years on end. Sounds like someone needs to take horiculture 101.

[UCANSEE2]

"That many plants would have the potential to generate about 42 million joints, "

Can't be right. They aren't accounting for the 'spilling of the rolling tray'.

Maybe 29.5 million joints.

[Supernatural]

Hey, don't give'm any ideas...some "crusader" might jump on that idea.

[Billthedrill]

That's why you roll on an album cover.

(Sobbing sound as the kiddies ask "Uncle Bill, what's an 'album cover'?")

[Moonman62]

The Canucks should make up their minds. They tax marijuana seed sales.

Does it have to be legal to tax it?

[dead]

That many plants would have the potential to generate about 42 million joints

[Sender]

Yes I feel so much safer now too. Got those evil recreationalists behind bars! Next we'll arrest people who watch Bond movies.

[Know your rights]

Rumor has it that a gatefold cover like the Stones' Still Life works particularly well ... not that I would know ...

[cspackler]

Most consider males unsmokable.

Except those users who reside in San Francisco....

[fanfan]

Canada Ping!

Please FReepmail me to get on or off this Canada ping list.

[xarmydog]

Done all the time and makes weed extremely potent.

[billorites]

"Most consider males unsmokable. "

Oh, I don't know.

[freepatriot32]

With a street value of 87 trillion dollars!!!

Well yeah but its canadain dollars wich works out to about 26,000 dollars american :-)

[freepatriot32]

Libertarian ping.To be added or removed from my ping list freepmail me or post a message here

[Revolting cat!]

"Bummer, mon!"

[MikefromOhio]

Seized seeds could have produced 42 million joints: RCMP

And the FBI released a statement saying that in effect, with the exchange rate, it works out to 3 joints and some leftovers in the bag.......

[Cyber Liberty]

I understand that I killed a billion potential babies this morning when I did the nasty with myself...

[xarmydog]

Knew someone who had over 500lbs.when he got busted.After a few months,he grew tired of waiting for his punishment,and pressured his lawyer to just get on with it so he could put it behind him.The amount meant a lot as far as punishment went.His lawyer scolded him and told him to be patient.Sure enough,when they finally went to court.his lawyer wanted all the trash taken out[seeds,stems],but the kicker was,it sat in the evidence room long enough to finish drying out so when he went to trial,it only weighed 320lbs.which was enough to get him 4 years instead of 20!

[PETEPARSLEY]

Some of the cops probably pinched a few buds while casually walikng by the stash???

Their best bet is to freeze mary jane for this very reason

[headsonpikes]

Seized seeds could have produced 42 million joints

What about the seized stems?

[vikzilla]

I understand that I killed a billion potential babies this morning when I did the nasty with myself...

ROFLMAO!

Just plain sad ain't it?

[Cyber Liberty]

I cry abaout it. I really do....

:^|

[PETEPARSLEY]

There was no mention of any stems in the article....stems give me headaches anyway

[ndt]

"Seized seeds could have produced 42 million joints"

One saved seed can produce 42 million joints, it just takes longer.

[vikzilla]

I was referring to the 42 million joint estimate.

Not your situation. LOL

[Cyber Liberty]

That's what I was referring to.

I dunno what you're talking about......

[Eva]

I heard that the eigth largest crop in WA State is marijuana.

[Candor7]

Seized seeds could have produced 42 million joints: RCMP

Why are these police officers obsessively counting Mary Jane seeds? Why not just weigh them. Are they too usersof what is now a drug whose use ( but not production) is now legal in Bananada?

Mr. Harper and his conswervatives have years of hard work ahead of them. Tell the red coats just to weigh the seeds next time instead of counting all of them.

I mean don't we already have enough bean counters in Canada without converting the RCMP into the same mandarin socialist bureaucrats ?