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Default Mexico leads the world in Marijuana seizures

The 2010 World Drug Report issued by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime reported that Mexico has the highest seizures of marijuana in the world with 25% of all seizures worldwide, equivalent to more then 1,657 tons in 2008 alone. Following Mexico is the U.S with 22% of all seizures and Bolivia with [...]

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Default Re: Mexico leads the world in Marijuana seizures

Saw some where on this board or another one, where someone was saying Mexico weed was no good..

With these amounts.. they may be shipping "stems" but I don't think so...

And many, many years ago like around 1965... in my youth seems to me that some primo weed used to come from the State of Michoacana... and even at that time... it was controlled by La Familia

And La Familia gradually took over all the pot, hash, (cocaine did not really get started until early 70's, but was never something I was interested in along with LSD, hash, smack, crank, and some other stuff that was floating around which was being supplied to the "Love Generation"

Years ago, used to know the folks in "Blue Bird Canyon" in Laguna Beach.. a guy named Tim Leary live there... it was a different world at that time.. and drugs were.... well they were viewed a bit differently at that time.. as a lot of folks were just "giving it all away" it was not about the money ..... at first.. then it changed ... and La Familia and other "Family" (not Mexican, but Italian) got into the picture .... things changed for ever...

When money gets into it... it changes all... no matter what
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