A 70-year-old Canadian woman returning from vacation in Florida last week was surprised to find a bag of marijuana marked "Revenue Canada" in her luggage. She later learned that Canada Customs had placed the bag there as part of a training program for its drug dogs.
"My eyes just about popped out of my head," the woman, Jackie McCormick, told the Vancouver Province.
Canada Customs apologized for the mistake. "We're sure it created some stress," a spokesperson told the Province.
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| Issue #135, 4/28/00 Do Taxpayers Get a Discount at the Door? DEA, State Agencies Cosponsor Michigan Anti-Drug Reform Conference | Hawaii Legislature Passes Medical Marijuana Bill: Governor to Sign First Bill of its Kind in the United States | Veterans to McCaffrey: Stay Out of Colombia | Hiding in Plain Sight: Panel Maps Drug War's Hidden Costs | New Latin America Drug War Site Pulls No Punches | Patients and Activists Rally in Washington, DC for Millennium Medical Marijuana March | This is Only a Test | URGENT Action Items | New Study Shows Racial Disparities in Criminal Justice System | Events | Media Scan | Editorial: Image of an Invasion |
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