{"id":3035,"date":"2009-07-24T14:30:45","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T13:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/?p=3035"},"modified":"2009-07-24T14:30:45","modified_gmt":"2009-07-24T13:30:45","slug":"marijuana-becomes-top-crop-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/2009\/07\/marijuana-becomes-top-crop-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Marijuana Becomes Top Crop in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marijuana is now the most valuable agricultural product in Canada, finishing ahead of wheat, cattle and timber, the Guardian reported Nov. 4.<\/p>\n<p>According to Forbes magazine, marijuana cultivation is generating $7 billion in sales annually in British Columbia alone. Even higher revenues are expected over the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Canadian dope, boosted by custom nutrients, high-intensity metal-halide lights, and 20 years of breeding, is five times as potent as what Americans smoked in the 1970s,&#8221; according to Forbes.<\/p>\n<p>Forbes said the Canadian marijuana business has become strong because the growers are &#8220;not a small coterie of drug lords who could be decimated with a few well-targeted prosecutions, but an army of ordinary folks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, relaxed marijuana laws in the country have resulted in increased confidence in the industry.<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-style: italic; text-align: right;\">Source: Forbes magazine. June 2003<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marijuana is now the most valuable agricultural product in Canada, finishing ahead of wheat, cattle and timber, the Guardian reported Nov. 4. According to Forbes magazine, marijuana cultivation is generating $7 billion in sales annually in British Columbia alone. Even higher revenues are expected over the coming years. &#8220;Canadian dope, boosted by custom nutrients, high-intensity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3035\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}