It is obvious Canada has loose laws against cannabis, but little did people know that Canada was becoming one of the largest exporters for the drug known as MDMA. MDMA which is a drug most commonly found linked to the rave culture and is usually the prime ingredient in ecstasy. Methylenedioxymethamphetamine is it's full name, but on the street and to abbreviate it the drug is referred to as MDMA.
The drug was moving through Europe first but by the early 1990s Canadian law enforcement began intercepting imports coming from the Netherlands and Belgium.
By the early 2000's there were three major busts at Canadian international airports and ports. On May 17th 2000 there was a bust at Pearson International where 170,000 pills were seized. Then in December of the same year there was a shipment from Brussels by an Israeli drug trafficking organization where 150,000 pills were seized.
In 2001 a shipment to Canada was caught that's cargo was declared as "bedsheets", In fact it was 850,000 pills which were then seized.
Not only was the drug being found smuggled into the country but in 1999 the RCMP uncovered a lab in Sainte-Julie Quebec that had chemicals to produce close to 750,000 pills.
By 2005 police had busted labs across the entire country spanning everywhere from BC to Quebec. In June of 2005 Calgary had the province's biggest bust in history where 213,000 tablets were seized which is worth up to $4.25 million dollars on the street.
So as you can see MDMA production in Canada has been growing since 2003 and busts have been occurring heavily since 2005. Think things have slown down by now? Well I'm sorry to inform you that this is not the case watch this CBC report from June of this year.
So as you can see this is quickly not only becoming a National scare but is swiftly moving towards an International affair. With no end in sight I think Canada will soon be known as a drug hub worldwide, if it hasn't gotten that name already...
