POT INDUSTRY NUMBER TWO CONTRIBUTOR TO B.C.'S GDP

DUNCAN - A B.C. magazine now places the province's marijuana industry
in second place for its contribution to the B.C. gross domestic product.

B.C. Business magazine said recently that it now is in second place
ahead of the forest sector and behind construction.

Forest Minister Rich Coleman reacted to the announcement by saying,
"There's nothing a ministry can do to change a marketplace."

B.C. Business places the provincial marijuana industry at $7.5-billion
with a labour force of over 250,000.

Eric Nash of Cowichan Valley-based cannabis company, Island Harvest,
reacted to the news by saying, "More than 156,000 people in British
Columbia use marijuana for health purposes.

"Thousands of unemployed B.C. forest workers could become gainfully
employed in the well-established cannabis industry."