http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/10/12/canada.troops.marijuana.reut/index.html

From CNN.com

Canada troops battle 10-foot Afghan marijuana plants

OTTAWA, Canada (Reuters) -- Canadian troops fighting Taliban militants in Afghanistan have stumbled across an unexpected and potent enemy -- almost impenetrable forests of marijuana plants 10 feet tall.

General Rick Hillier, chief of the Canadian defense staff, said Thursday that Taliban fighters were using the forests as cover. In response, the crew of at least one armored car had camouflaged their vehicle with marijuana.

"The challenge is that marijuana plants absorb energy, heat very readily. It's very difficult to penetrate with thermal devices. ... And as a result you really have to be careful that the Taliban don't dodge in and out of those marijuana forests," he said in a speech in Ottawa, Canada.

"We tried burning them with white phosphorous -- it didn't work. We tried burning them with diesel -- it didn't work. The plants are so full of water right now ... that we simply couldn't burn them," he said.

Even successful incineration had its drawbacks.

"A couple of brown plants on the edges of some of those [forests] did catch on fire. But a section of soldiers that was downwind from that had some ill effects and decided that was probably not the right course of action," Hiller said dryly.

One soldier told him later: "Sir, three years ago before I joined the army, I never thought I'd say 'That damn marijuana'."

The jokes write themselves.

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"Send in the boys from BC."

"Sorry sir, they won't go."

"Why the hell not?"

"They say its too 'bunk' sir."
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Did you hear the one about the Canadian Stoner Division? It's the Canadian answer to the Panzer, an armored car decked out with Weed!

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We need the Dutch!

Rofl

That's great. Just think if they can smuggle some of that back to North America they'll be rich.

Are these just random forests or are they how people over there make money? (Pretty crummy way to make a living =P)

"A couple of brown plants on the edges of some of those [forests] did catch on fire. But a section of soldiers that was downwind from that had some ill effects and decided that was probably not the right course of action," Hiller said dryly.

Reminds me of the scene from Without a Paddle.

Except that there's a difference here.

Brown means mold. What happens when you inhale the smoke from immolated mold? Exactly.

They weren't 'stoned', they were poisoned with none of the glorious affects attributed to Tetrahydracannibinol such as "the munchies" or "pasties".

Still though, rather humerously worded but it just goes to show that even the most inconspicious paragrahph can go a long way to furthering the misconception and misunderstanding of the masses.

No toking matter...

rofl