POT PROPAGANDA

Re: "Police pursue today's high-yield pot" (Sept. 2). Thanks for the propaganda
about potent pot. Now, let's examine the facts.

No. 1, hash products that measure up to 50 per cent THC content have been
available for centuries. No. 2, Starks measured Thai samples of marijuana in
1974 that came in at 17 per cent THC content. No. 3, samples that measure above
12 per cent THC content are relatively rare.

Take the time to ask baby boomers about Thai stick, Panama Red, and Colombian
Gold, and then come back to me and attempt to persuade me most of them were
smoking hemp-like marijuana measuring 0.9 per cent THC content.

I quote your own RCMP's data:
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/crimint/cultivation_e.htm

"Survey Results: The THC content of the 3,160 marihuana samples analyzed during
the three-year period varies considerably. Although the highest value recorded
was 25 percent, the yearly country-wide averages are much lower: 6 percent for
96-97, 5.5 percent for 97-98, and 5.7 percent for 98-99. In fact, almost a
third of the samples were under 3 percent."

Just the facts, please.

Matthew Hulett

Brick, N.J.