January 11, 2004

Marijuana grow operation busted

Oops... From the Canadian Globe and Mail: bq. Barrie, Ont. — Over 100 police officers converged on a former Molson brewery site Saturday, exposing what they say is the largest marijuana grow operation in Ontario history. bq. Ten people were arrested and officers hunted for others possibly hiding in the massive three-storey building. bq. "The building is very elaborate," said Ontario Provincial Police Supt. Bill Crate. "There's concerns about booby traps, there's concerns about hydro and the way that its set up." bq. Thousands and thousands of marijuana plants, being cultivated with sophisticated watering and chemical grow devices, are believed to be on the site — an 11,250-square-metre building located in an industrial area. This is particularly interesting because as published here in February of 2003: Adirondack Pure Springs Mt. Water Co., Inc. (OTC BB:APSW) is being talked about here (excerpted from a longer article): bq. Oakley concludes, "I understand that APSW has executed a letter of intent to acquire (and retrofit) the former Molson Brewery in Barrie, Ontario. It's a 375,000 square foot plant on about 40 acres--(which will be) one of the top such facilities in North America (when complete) .... & is negotiating with several other major (significant companies in the beverage, nutrition, and healthcare industries, as well as major retailers and) distributors. ... What got my interest is the recognition of a trend that's at an early stage, & that I feel will grow at a fast pace in the next several years." APSW makes some of those "high tech" bottled waters: bq. He added: "One of APSW's first enhanced beverages is called MaxO2 Oxygenated Natural Water" You have to be smoking something to buy into the idea of Oxygenated Bottled Water having any therapeutic action at all... Very simple - there are two ways to go: #1) - the Oxygen is introduced as a gas in the water. The gas gets absorbed when the water is consumed and you get a benefit of more O2 in your bloodstream #2) - the Oxygen is added as a chemical component to the water molecule and gets released when the water is digested. The release then provides the therapeutic benefit. #1) - bunk #2) - bunk #1) - if the Oxygen was introduced as a gas and if it was absorbed by the body and transferred to the bloodstream, we would die whenever we consumed a carbonated beverage. The quantity of Carbon Dioxide (a waste product of our breathing) in a 12Oz (335mL) can of soda pop would asphyxiate a normal human if it found its was into their bloodstream. #2) - there is a perfect example of what happens when you add Oxygen as a chemical component to the water molecule - this happens when you go from H2O to H2O2. H2O2 is known as Hydrogen Peroxide and is a very powerful oxidant. Dilute solutions of it are used as bleach. Anyway, it's interesting to read about this and speculate if the pot growing operation was in some part related to this pie-in-the-sky "techno" water company... Posted by DaveH at January 11, 2004 7:08 PM