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Monday, December 20, 2004, 12:46 P.M.
"B.C. Bud" game highlights the perils of marijuana growing



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VANCOUVER, B.C. — A new board game in Canada this year lets players run their own "B.C. Bud" marijuana farm.

Creators of "The Grow-Op Game" say the $39.95 "educational board game" highlights the perils of the marijuana business and cautions would-be growers.

"You get ratted on by neighbors, hydro cuts you off, you get floods, there are tons of stuff that is negative about it," Vancouver-based creator Ivan Solomon says.

Solomon said the Monopoly-style game is the brainchild of a young, 20-something reformed pot grower, known only as the "Rabbit," to conceal his identity. Solomon said Rabbit came up with the idea for the game while serving time in jail.

Rabbit and Solomon brought the game to market about four weeks ago. It is being sold online and in a small number of stores in Canada.

Players roll the dice, move around the board, renting properties, buying lights and equipment, planting and harvesting crops. Moving in an opposite direction on the cylinder shaped board is the "GrowBuster." He lands on the unsuspecting player's property, rips out the plants and sends the player directly to jail.

"Out of six players, one might get lucky," Soloman said.

Cpl. Scott Rintoul, spokesman for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Drug Awareness Squad, expressed concern that the game does not illustrate the impact the drug trade can have on the victims of organized crime.

"It's not a game," he said.

Holy crap lol. Can't see that being sold here.

I want that soo bad!

Thats pretty interesting, Im sure alot of pot heads will buy the game In Canada ou always hear about grow operations getting busted, they have eased off on the smoker but still crack down on the grower/seller. The interesting thing is they set these grow houses up in nice neighborhoods so alot of the time people wouldnt expect it. There was also a huge ass operation busted in ontario not to long ago in a factory. Viva la Marry Jane! haha

thank you for personally delivering my news. maybe if you deliver it to my home you might get some money out of it.... or maybe you'll get stiffed on the tip for delivering lame news like this

Easy there Bud, for a noob your damn blunt. (No pun intended )

i viewed all your posts and 90 percent are just saying something sarcastic or rude. Barely any were actually contributing to this site. Granted i dont contribute to this site but i atleast admit i dont know anything about under the hood of the car. and people have come to pretty much accept that i dont know jack.


I know your in high school still but come on try to post atleast one helpful post a day! make that your goal.

haha
thats next to doom 3 board game...
"interesting" subject tho

and definitely worth of trying

This post has been edited by JazViper: Dec 22, 2004 - 10:16 AM

My posts dont count much,But imma mutha fuggin OG

how can i be helpful when i dont know anything about cars. i can post a "gee golly, thats awesome!" every now and then.... what good would that do to a serious discussion?

what does me being in high school have to do anything with anything? from the sounds of it your not too sucessful yourself. 10-14 dollars an hour means only a hs degree....

your right im 19 and am making 13 bucks an hour which is a lot more than my friends who are in school. I am not in school currently and wont be till next fall cuz i took some time out to get work experience cuz i didnt do well in school. im more of a business savy person than someone who can do the 3 classes a day.


Natalie


but the want to go back to school is there and i will next fall and i will study marketing/business

you just gotta relax dude.. for a noobie, you gotta big ass mouth talkin all this and that. if you aint got positive things to say, why dont you step on out of the forum man? stop messin with people and pushin the wrong buttons and sh**. and stop messin with CelicaGirlGT94, we peoples.. aint that right ?

its the internet
Some things said you guys take it to heart

Oh come on, this isn't the land of emotionless robots!!...lol