TOBACCO COMPANY WAS READY FOR MARIJUANA: REPORT

LONDON, Sunday: Britains biggest tobacco company discussed lacing its
cigarettes with marijuana so it could cash in if the drug were legalised,
it was reported today.

British American Tobacco considered "exploiting cannabis by adding
"near-subliminal levels of the drug", according to The Observer.

It said internal documents showed that BAT was preparing itself for the
future possible legalisation of the drug.

Cigarette companies had already registered brand names with links to the
drug, like Acapulco Gold and Red Leb, short for Red Lebanese.

The document "considers the main threats to the smoking habit ... and draws
attention to the undoubted opportunities which exist in the development of
future products".

It went on, "In the illicit use of marijuana, relatively large doses of the
active principal are involved. If the use of such drugs was legalised, one
avenue for exploitation would be the augmentation of cigarettes with near
subliminal levels of the drug."