DRUGS: NEW PRODUCT TO THWART POT GROW OPS HAZY ON OWNERSHIP

Pollen-based ingredient now being marketed as part of two different products.

A new product is being hailed by its makers as the cure for landlords to
keep pot-growers out of their homes, but now the question is, Who is the maker?

The quick answer is Mother Nature herself, since the "secret" ingredient in
No-Grow, Bud-Out and Gro-Guard is simply hemp pollen.

But now two Kelowna men claim to be the inventors of the pollen-delivery
system.

On Monday, J.D. Clark unveiled his "invention" to the media along with his
first two corporate clients.

The only problem was it is the exact product unveiled at a press conference
one month previous.

"This is about pushing back against the pot growers and drug dealers,"
Clark says.

But he admits the launch was also to push back against the makers of
No-Grow who had already begun marketing their product.

Brett Dubinin, of No-Grow, says they both co-founded the product under a
partnership developed five years ago.

He says they had a fallout one week before a scheduled press conference a
few months ago so Dubinin says he bought out Clark and was free to launch
the product.

Dubinin claims to hold the Canadian rights.

They wouldn't be the first pair whose business relationship soured, nor
would they be the first to tout an untested product.

But for all the bickering between them, the question still remains--does it
even work?

While No-Grow claimed to have never done any testing, Dubinin recanted and
agreed to testing on two homes with Clark.

Clark told the media that they set up two grow operations in two homes in
Winfield: one with 50 plants and another with 30 plants.

The tiny spores were spread over a furnace filter and turned on, which blew
the spores throughout the house.

Clark says the millions of spores need to find only one plant, causing it
to go to seed, ruining its value.

Once that plant goes to seed, it will flower and pollinate all the plants
around it.

Some police officers remain skeptical since you wouldn't need to run a
furnace in a home kept warm by hot hydroponic growing lights.

Both Dubinin and Clark say the simple threat of losing a crop and
investment is enough to keep pot farmers out.

Dubinin says he has sold dozens of packages already and has received
positive feedback. Even the negative feedback has been positive.

"They are not all good calls. We heard from growers who know it works.

"They said stay out of the Lower Mainland, stay out of my neighbourhood."