Pubdate: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 Source: Toronto Sun (CN ON) Copyright: 2005, Canoe Limited Partnership. Contact: http://www.canoe.com/NewsStand/TorontoSun/home.html Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/457 Author: Jody Pressman Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n168/a02.html JUST THE FACTS MA'AM The story "Illicit drugs heading south" (Jan. 26) contradicts an official RCMP Criminal Intelligence report released in July, 2004 ("Drug Situation in Canada -- 2003") which concluded that the United States is in fact its own number one supplier of marijuana, followed by Mexico who exports at least 27 times the amount of marijuana attributed to Canada. It is completely inaccurate to say that Canada is the top supplier of marijuana to the United States, when the evidence explicitly says otherwise. Jody Pressman Executive Director NORML Canada Ottawa (Tell it to the Canadian Border Services agency -- they're their statistics) - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake