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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 132352" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: navy">Canada's biggest opium poppy field busted in B.C.</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><em><span style="color: navy">Thursday, August 26, 2010 | 7:54 PM PT </span></em></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/news/credit.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: navy">CBC News</span></a></strong></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2010/08/26/bc-100826-opium-bust-chilliwack.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Two men have been arrested at a three-hectare opium poppy field in Chilliwack, B.C., the largest operation of its kind ever discovered in Canada, according to the RCMP.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Police estimate that more than 60,000 opium poppy plants were being grown in the field, with the aim of turning them into a substance known as doda, an opium powder made by grinding the dried seed pod into a fine powder, which is normally consumed in tea.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Police busted the operation on Aug. 23, after obtaining a search warrant under the Controlled Drug and Substance Act, they said in a statement issued on Thursday morning.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">The two men were tending the field at the time and could face charges of production of a controlled substance and possession for the purpose of trafficking, said police.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Their names have not been released, but police said one was a 31-year-old Abbotsford man and the other was a 24-year-old Mission man. Both were released and scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 14.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Police said the suspects were not known to them previously, and they believe they were leasing the farmland from its owner.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">A local farmer was contracted to plow under the crop and ensure that it does not reproduce next spring, said police.</span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: navy">Prohibited and addictive</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Harry Bains, the MLA for Surrey-Newton, has warned of the dangers of doda in recent years.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">"It's very highly addictive. It's highly potent. And once you're on it, you're on it. It has destroyed families," said Bains.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">According to Health Canada, doda is a prohibited substance under Schedule 1 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Police warn it can be addictive, just like other opium derivatives.</span></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2009/11/19/bc-091119-doda-powder.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><span style="color: red"><em>Doda powder, seized by RCMP at a bust in November in Surrey, B.C., </em></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><em>is usually mixed with tea, producing a relaxing high for the user. </em><em>(RCMP)</em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">"Doda is often taken with tea or hot water, and produces a quick high followed by a sense of well-being. While the use of doda is a new trend in opium consumption, its use appears to be primarily localized within certain South Asian communities," said RCMP.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">"While investigators believe that the intended use of the opium poppy located was for the production of doda, other more potent drugs can be refined from the plants such as heroin," said police.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">"Codeine and morphine are also byproducts of the opium poppy plants, which are used pharmaceutically and require a doctor's prescription as they are [a] controlled substance under Canadian laws. Opium, and its derivatives, are addictive," said police.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">source: </span></p><p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/08/26/bc-opium-poppy-bust-doda-chilliwack.html" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: navy">http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/08/26/bc-opium-poppy-bust-doda-chilliwack.html</span></u></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 132352, member: 884"] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=navy]Canada's biggest opium poppy field busted in B.C.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [B][I][COLOR=navy]Thursday, August 26, 2010 | 7:54 PM PT [/COLOR][/I][/B] [B][URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/news/credit.html"][COLOR=navy]CBC News[/COLOR][/URL][/B] [IMG]http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2010/08/26/bc-100826-opium-bust-chilliwack.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=navy]Two men have been arrested at a three-hectare opium poppy field in Chilliwack, B.C., the largest operation of its kind ever discovered in Canada, according to the RCMP.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Police estimate that more than 60,000 opium poppy plants were being grown in the field, with the aim of turning them into a substance known as doda, an opium powder made by grinding the dried seed pod into a fine powder, which is normally consumed in tea.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Police busted the operation on Aug. 23, after obtaining a search warrant under the Controlled Drug and Substance Act, they said in a statement issued on Thursday morning.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]The two men were tending the field at the time and could face charges of production of a controlled substance and possession for the purpose of trafficking, said police.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Their names have not been released, but police said one was a 31-year-old Abbotsford man and the other was a 24-year-old Mission man. Both were released and scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 14.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Police said the suspects were not known to them previously, and they believe they were leasing the farmland from its owner.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]A local farmer was contracted to plow under the crop and ensure that it does not reproduce next spring, said police.[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=navy]Prohibited and addictive[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=navy]Harry Bains, the MLA for Surrey-Newton, has warned of the dangers of doda in recent years.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]"It's very highly addictive. It's highly potent. And once you're on it, you're on it. It has destroyed families," said Bains.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]According to Health Canada, doda is a prohibited substance under Schedule 1 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Police warn it can be addictive, just like other opium derivatives.[/COLOR] [IMG]http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2009/11/19/bc-091119-doda-powder.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=red][I]Doda powder, seized by RCMP at a bust in November in Surrey, B.C., [/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=red][I]is usually mixed with tea, producing a relaxing high for the user. [/I][I](RCMP)[/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]"Doda is often taken with tea or hot water, and produces a quick high followed by a sense of well-being. While the use of doda is a new trend in opium consumption, its use appears to be primarily localized within certain South Asian communities," said RCMP.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]"While investigators believe that the intended use of the opium poppy located was for the production of doda, other more potent drugs can be refined from the plants such as heroin," said police.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]"Codeine and morphine are also byproducts of the opium poppy plants, which are used pharmaceutically and require a doctor's prescription as they are [a] controlled substance under Canadian laws. Opium, and its derivatives, are addictive," said police.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]source: [/COLOR] [URL="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/08/26/bc-opium-poppy-bust-doda-chilliwack.html"][U][COLOR=navy]http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/08/26/bc-opium-poppy-bust-doda-chilliwack.html[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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