CANADA BIGGEST SUPPLIER OF POT, SPEED TO U.S.

OTTAWA -- Canada is now the largest single supplier of pot, speed and
steroids to the United States, says a top customs official. American
authorities are making more seizures both at and south of the border, says
George Webb, head of counterterrorism and counterproliferation for the
Canadian Border Services Agency. At the same time, the flow of illegal
drugs to Canada from the U.S. appears to have stabilized, according to the
agency. Major drug busts at the Canadian border have been fairly consistent
since the mid-1990s. "In the old days, the flow of drugs was northbound,
coming out of the United States," Webb said yesterday. "That.. has changed."

One American seizure last year yielded the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency
more than $500 million worth of methamphetamines. Last year, there were 974
large seizures of drugs coming in to Canada, with a total street value of
about $269.7 million.