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Newsbrief:
Canadian
Marijuana
Party
in
Unique
Finance
Scheme
6/18/04
The Marijuana Party of Canada
(http://www.marijuanaparty.ca),
which at last count was running candidates in at least 70 ridings (legislative
districts) for the rapidly approaching June 28 national elections, has
found a novel fundraising strategy: Selling pot seeds.
"We're going to do it to
fund the campaign and the movement in general," party leader Marc-Boris
St-Maurice told Canada Press Tuesday. And not just as a campaign
fundraiser, he added. "We're going to be doing this for the remainder
of our existence until pot is legal."
The party obtains its seeds
from Canadian suppliers like Willy Jack, as well as foreign concerns, such
as the Amsterdam-based Sensi Seeds. Varieties range from non-viable
"decorative" seeds to "thoroughbred, Cannabis Cup-winning" strains, and
are priced accordingly, said St.-Maurice. Some of the most famous
varieties will sell for as much as US $300 for a pack of ten, he added.
The scheme hasn't exactly
filled the party's coffers yet, St.-Maurice said, putting total sales so
far at a handful of packs. "It's by no means a gold mine yet, but
it will come. It's a very political action."
While marijuana possession
and trafficking is against Canadian law, seed sales are not prosecuted.
British Columbia Marijuana Party (http://www.bcmarijuanaparty.ca)
leader Marc Emery has made a fortune and funded his political activities
with profits from marijuana seed sales.
"It appears not to be illegal
in that people who are doing it are not being charged for doing it," said
Neil Boyd, a professor of criminology at Simon Fraser University and author
of "High Society," a book about marijuana in Canada. Seeds contain
so little THC that the courts could favorably receive an argument that
the seeds are not a drug, he told Canada Press.
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