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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-10-17, Page 24FAC F 8A- ODERICH SIGNALaSTAR, THURSDAY, Ot"1'O13aR 17. l')74 Drugsituation worsening RC What is'the drug situation in the Southern . Ontario area? That is a question asked of the RCMP. regularly. From the huge quantity seizures now being made, it is evident the' drtig situation is not improving in the least._ In , fact it is. worsening. The RCMP describe the availability of ° marihuana : as being "abundant Its quality and origin is as varied as the • brand names, used t,.o tnarket this illicit commodity." 'The home-grown 'pro duct, that grown here in Ontario, is now availab)we at an 'all time high. Fields or plots of marihuana are scattered in tobacco fields, in marshes, in wooded areas - anywhere that is not readily ac- cessible and is out of sight. Prices vary from $400.00 per lb. for "Columbia Gold" to ,$175.00 for locally grown or the Jamaican, product. The rapidly increasing trend toward growing' marihuana in the area concerns Assistant Commissioner E.R. Lysyk, Commanding Officer of the RCMPP, in the Southern°Qntarih.__ area very much. In the same way, he is con- cerned about the increase in • preparing chemical drugs locally throughout the same area. It is clearly evident the number of local- illicit laboratories is on the increase. Hashish is a stronger derivative of the marihuana plant and it can be generally said that it is in ample supply, enough to satisfy -the local ap- petite. - ' The . RCMP Drug Squads throughout Southern Ontario are directing their efforts toward the major traffickers, but there efforts have been in- sufficient to curb the flow -of cannabis due mostly to the large number of totally unrelated persons engaged in the illicit marketing growing and importing' of the drug. -- Marihuana traffickers 'generally are not' regarded by Canadian Courts with the same seriousness as are traffickers in other illegal drugs such as heroin and methamphetamines. Sentences .handed down for marihuana trafficking simply have not acted as a deterrent. Turning again to the matter of illicit laboratories operating' in Ontario for the manufacture of methamphetamines (Speed, ,MDA and LSD), the majority.. of these laboratories manufac- ture their product for marketing in other parts of Canada and other countries more so than for marketing in Ontario. This situationcreates little feed -back to authorities here and makes detection ,more difficult. Fairly numerous arrests have been made, however. Concerted . efforts of the RCMP Drug Squads working with a number of foreign agen- cies have resulted in the upper echelon of heroin importing organizations being prosecuted. -The result street price of_. heroin in Ontario is up from $75.00 per bundle of 25 cap- sules in 1971 to $20'.00•per cap- sule at present. The concen- tration of heroin addicts seems to bein the Toronto, Hamilton; • Niagara Falls, London, Wind- sor and Kitchener areas. Cocaine is ,rapidly; becoming ' the most popular drug of abuse in Ontario. This trend has become quite predominant in the past two years. Importers of this°particular drug are not of CLAY- - Silo Unload.rs - Feeders - Cleaners –Stabling • Leg Elevators - Liquid Manure Equipment • Hoa EgOipment FARMATIC — ' • Mills - Augers, etc. ACORN - Cleaners - Heated Waterers ZERO — • Bulk Tanks Pipeline & Parlour Equipment WESTEEL•ROSCO•Granari.s BS L • Hog Panelling Bulk Tank i Pipeline Meaning Detergents, Teat Dip, etc. Bovadine ' Dyne locan Udd.rston boa"rfich.ck Kleineasy LOWRY FARM SYSTEMS �^ *10.11: 1 t Kincardine, Ontario .._ ".Phone3l54S2si A' P. say holitegrown product increasing one organization and operate independently rather than being controlled by a central organization. ' Cocaine originates in South America and comes to Canada either direct. or even via, Europe. With today's world of rapid a transportation and s'ttnl- nLLlnu. ation iiiethods enlplt)V'ed the routes utiliied•ar'e go\t'r'tltd only by the imagination o1 the importer. Distances hake shrunk so drastically ori a time scale that global treks by im- porters are quite ci►mmonplace. ra Sur1ie of the importers and major traffickers are highly organized • and tall within the term "organized crime". Others are small operators, receiving the contraband through the mail, by freight, or . by pur- chasing it themselves in foreign ,tuntrles The ilrofits are enormous .as are, the `risks. On the risk side, riot all the risk comes from law enforcement agencies there rip.offs frdtn the1 own are -44 people. Thefts selling substan- -ces held out to be drug., and in- formants are some 'of• the hazards a drug trafficker has to face. Certainly the term "honour among thieves" doesn't apply in the drug trafficking world. IN'S YOUR HEAD QUARTERS FOR •ROGERS MAJESTIC TV •EXPiRT TV SERVICE • ANTENNA & TOWER INSTALLATION 162' MARY ST. GOOERICH 5 2 4. 9 0 8 V' Action Priced1 HOSTESS (PREPRICEb 69c), POTATO CHIPS PHILIPS —! 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