Idiots caught smoking dope in an unfriendly place North Korea is much more amenable to dopers
China holds Canadians 'for smoking marijuana'
Chinese authorities have arrested two Canadians in the capital Beijing for allegedly smoking marijuana.
According to Radio-Canada, officials entered a hotel room where members of the travelling equestrian show Cavalia were staying on 14 July.
The public broadcaster said officials made a number of arrests and two Canadians remain in prison.
A spokesperson for Cavalia said they were trying to arrange for two employees to return to Canada.
"This is a private matter. All I can tell you is that recently, Chinese representatives have contacted us to ask if we were willing to buy airplane tickets to quickly repatriate them in Canada, and of course we are," spokesperson Eric Paquette told the BBC.
"At this point, our hope is that the repatriation process unfolds rapidly."
Global Affairs Canada said it is providing consular services to two citizens who were detained in Beijing.
"Consular services are being provided to two Canadians who were detained in Beijing, China, as well as to their families," said a spokesperson for the department.
"Consular officials are in contact with local authorities to gather additional information.
"Due to privacy considerations, we are unable to provide further information on this matter."
Cavalia was created in 2003 by one of the co-founders of Cirque de Soleil, and has been described as "equestrian ballet". It has been performing in Beijing since April and even planned to build a permanent theatre in Hangzhou.
China's drug laws are very strict, and trafficking large amounts of drugs can lead to a death sentence.
Even minor drug crimes can lead to an arrest or deportation.
In 2014, China banned several celebrities caught using drugs from performing on state media.
Buying Weed is Easy in North Korea
Tourists are stocking up on super-cheap pot in North Korea
CHINESE tourists to neighbouring North Korea are buying bargain bags of marijuana in massive quantities, sources inside the rogue state reveal.
Since cannabis cultivation is completely legal in Kim Jong-un’s fiefdom selling yeoksam, as it’s called locally, has become an easy way for poor farmers to earn decent money.
And the border town of Rason — in North Korea’s special economic zone — has become the epicentre for a trade which sees pot sold for as little as $6 a kilo, The Sun reports.
“People in Rason buy the large quantities of buds of yeoksam from residents and pay 30 yuan ($A5.85) per kilogram,” a source told RFA’s Korean Service.
It is then sold on to the Chinese at a profit.
Rason is a port in the northeastern part of North Hamgyong province bordering China and Russia.
Visitors must obtain a special visa to enter the area from officials assigned to the zone by central government authorities in the capital Pyongyang.
In communist China, possession, sale, and transport of cannabis for recreational or medicinal purposes is illegal and harshly punished.
North Korea has been growing marijuana legally since the early 1980s and it is classified as an oilseed crop in North Korea.
“[Former leader] Kim Il Sung extensively encouraged the cultivation of yeoksam to solve a cooking oil shortage in the early 1980s,” the source said.
Some people still grow it for cooking oil, but most yeoksam grows wild from seeds of previously cultivated plants.
“Rason’s custom officers do not doubt the danger of dried yeoksam, but they treat it as general wild greens and allow Chinese to take as much as they can without restrictions,” the insider revealed.
North Koreans previously used marijuana as fodder for rabbits they kept leading to some very happy bunnies.
Now though they’ve come to realise that it is can be hugely profitable with residents fighting each other for possession of it.
“North Korean people never thought that yeoksam could bring them money until now,” the source said.
“It grows outdoors and can be seen everywhere in North Korea.”
China holds Canadians 'for smoking marijuana'
Chinese authorities have arrested two Canadians in the capital Beijing for allegedly smoking marijuana.
According to Radio-Canada, officials entered a hotel room where members of the travelling equestrian show Cavalia were staying on 14 July.
The public broadcaster said officials made a number of arrests and two Canadians remain in prison.
A spokesperson for Cavalia said they were trying to arrange for two employees to return to Canada.
"This is a private matter. All I can tell you is that recently, Chinese representatives have contacted us to ask if we were willing to buy airplane tickets to quickly repatriate them in Canada, and of course we are," spokesperson Eric Paquette told the BBC.
"At this point, our hope is that the repatriation process unfolds rapidly."
Global Affairs Canada said it is providing consular services to two citizens who were detained in Beijing.
"Consular services are being provided to two Canadians who were detained in Beijing, China, as well as to their families," said a spokesperson for the department.
"Consular officials are in contact with local authorities to gather additional information.
"Due to privacy considerations, we are unable to provide further information on this matter."
Cavalia was created in 2003 by one of the co-founders of Cirque de Soleil, and has been described as "equestrian ballet". It has been performing in Beijing since April and even planned to build a permanent theatre in Hangzhou.
China's drug laws are very strict, and trafficking large amounts of drugs can lead to a death sentence.
Even minor drug crimes can lead to an arrest or deportation.
In 2014, China banned several celebrities caught using drugs from performing on state media.
Buying Weed is Easy in North Korea
Tourists are stocking up on super-cheap pot in North Korea
CHINESE tourists to neighbouring North Korea are buying bargain bags of marijuana in massive quantities, sources inside the rogue state reveal.
Since cannabis cultivation is completely legal in Kim Jong-un’s fiefdom selling yeoksam, as it’s called locally, has become an easy way for poor farmers to earn decent money.
And the border town of Rason — in North Korea’s special economic zone — has become the epicentre for a trade which sees pot sold for as little as $6 a kilo, The Sun reports.
“People in Rason buy the large quantities of buds of yeoksam from residents and pay 30 yuan ($A5.85) per kilogram,” a source told RFA’s Korean Service.
It is then sold on to the Chinese at a profit.
Rason is a port in the northeastern part of North Hamgyong province bordering China and Russia.
Visitors must obtain a special visa to enter the area from officials assigned to the zone by central government authorities in the capital Pyongyang.
In communist China, possession, sale, and transport of cannabis for recreational or medicinal purposes is illegal and harshly punished.
North Korea has been growing marijuana legally since the early 1980s and it is classified as an oilseed crop in North Korea.
“[Former leader] Kim Il Sung extensively encouraged the cultivation of yeoksam to solve a cooking oil shortage in the early 1980s,” the source said.
Some people still grow it for cooking oil, but most yeoksam grows wild from seeds of previously cultivated plants.
“Rason’s custom officers do not doubt the danger of dried yeoksam, but they treat it as general wild greens and allow Chinese to take as much as they can without restrictions,” the insider revealed.
North Koreans previously used marijuana as fodder for rabbits they kept leading to some very happy bunnies.
Now though they’ve come to realise that it is can be hugely profitable with residents fighting each other for possession of it.
“North Korean people never thought that yeoksam could bring them money until now,” the source said.
“It grows outdoors and can be seen everywhere in North Korea.”
