U.S. Approves Development of Anti-Marijuana Fungus |
Posted by Ron Bennett on December 11, 1998 at 00:04:06 PT Sure hope they know what they're doing... The U.S. Congress has allocated 23 million to fund research of a fungus that can kills illicit crops, in particular cannabis plants. From a recent NORML article at URL: http://www.commonlink.com/~olsen/NORML/WEEKLY/98-12-10.html U.S. officials plan on introducing the fungus into several foriegn nations including Columbia, Peru, and Bolivia. NORML Executive Director R. Keith Stroup, Esq. makes the following statements in the article: "We are setting a dangerous precedent by promoting the development of biological agents in the war on marijuana,..." "There is a real danger that such a toxic agent may have serious adverse impacts on surrounding plants and the ecosystems of these nations." Representatives Bill McCollum (R-Fla.) and Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) feel this is a potential "silver bullet" in the war on drugs and have pushed for the funding of the killer fungus. Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
Comment #48 posted by racheal tipton on January 17, 2002 at 10:31:02 PT |
i like pot [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #47 posted by mark Spicy on November 11, 2001 at 22:15:15 PT:
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Rasta man stop smoking Crack,And get under Bill Clintons Desk.listen son if you wanna talk Political talk ill smack you around like a redheaded step child. Than ill make you go back to school and demand your money back because you been robbed. [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #46 posted by jimmy on September 09, 2001 at 10:53:50 PT |
the gov wont legelize pot because its to hard to taxs. everyone and there brother can grow it . unlike other drugs .all they want from us is to become wage slaves [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #44 posted by essence on July 31, 2001 at 13:55:59 PT:
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When the government trys to control PLants they are setting tyrany upon our people. trying to stop people from thinking and being concious of the true world around them. They try to bring down our pakalolo(healing herb), yet pollute our minds and bodys with thier drugs and pesticides. No matter how they brain wash our youth , what drugs they feed into the system,what biological war they declare on our healing herb,TRUTH and POSITIVITY(not GREED!) will prevail. [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #43 posted by tryin to help on July 24, 2001 at 16:31:40 PT |
There is something at cleartest.com that does work and you don't have to dry out at all. It costs $30 but if you fail you get double your money back. [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #42 posted by Matt on June 15, 2001 at 16:15:09 PT:
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“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves” - Ronald Reagan [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #41 posted by Concerned Citizen on June 14, 2001 at 07:48:12 PT:
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Im concerned that the government WONT allow pot to be legal. If they did they would get a lot more money from taxes. But no! Stupid government cant be smart. Well I would like to say if the government started to legalize cannabis then the world would be a better place to live in! If everyday at like 3pm everyone in the world smoked a fattie! It would be great! Like im talking everyone in the world, cops, presidents, prime ministers, absolutely everyone grabed an OZ. and rolled a big fattie! It would be awesome! From Concerned Citizen [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #40 posted by grand isle police on May 21, 2001 at 16:16:37 PT:
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yep the whole police force loves to smoke dope! thats why its legal in grand isle. we also like to roll our asses off [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #39 posted by DAMON LANDRY on May 21, 2001 at 16:12:31 PT:
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weed rules every body in grand isle la. does it. the cops even do it w/ us its the best stuff when laced w/ crystal. i thinx everyody should should smoke it it and if you dont smoke it start b/c it rules [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #38 posted by Henry on May 18, 2001 at 11:20:17 PT |
Question: Would like suggestions out there for passing urine test for Pot. Thank you, Henry. [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #37 posted by erica on May 16, 2001 at 09:23:21 PT |
i feel weed opens up the brain to new ideas, it widens the imagination, it relaxes you after a hard day at work. More and more teens and adults are gettin introuble with the law over nickel bags of weed. Our tax dollars go to thousands of people sitting in jail because they smoked a little weed or got caught wit some. our money could be going to something more important. over a period of of thousands of years of use no one has ever died because they smoked a couple blunts, but every day hundreds of people die because of alcohol. Everyone needs to chill out . God grew it smoke it. [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #36 posted by Big-C on April 27, 2001 at 10:23:28 PT:
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Weed shall proceed (Woodside Boyz Will represent) [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #35 posted by jason hoppe on April 11, 2001 at 12:21:32 PT |
i am in highschool and am doing a persuasove speech on weed. i want to show them that weed is safer than smokes. [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #34 posted by observer on April 06, 2001 at 10:19:31 PT |
see The Drug Policy Debate: Debate Manuals http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/debate/debate.htm#Manuals see especially: Best of luck! [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #33 posted by Fhill on April 06, 2001 at 09:57:00 PT |
i am doing a persuasive speech in my college communication class. i have been doing research on some drugs including alcohol and weed. so far i am going try and pursuade the class that weed is safer and better for you than alcohol [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #32 posted by Majed Diab on March 02, 2001 at 11:22:59 PT:
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hello i`m an architect i look for old machin for product pure alchol if you have any idea please tell me about that and thanks [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #31 posted by Arielle on February 06, 2001 at 13:42:27 PT:
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....Whatever man.... [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #30 posted by christine on January 29, 2001 at 10:32:42 PT:
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legalize we will have big tax deduction and better health care for the futur [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #29 posted by Jean Ette on January 11, 2001 at 18:19:59 PT:
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We have all these stores selling alchol on every corner causing people to get killed everyday but that is legal and they same all these gangs they are tring to get under controleople is only older peoplke like myself looking to some a joint at the end off my night. Here you go to P.T.A. and here everyone saying they can't wait till they get home to a mixed drink or wine cooler which I don't like alchol. When here up in the White House for 8 years nothing but parties, drinking and of course they tryied it but didn't inhale(HONESTLY) Do they really think the American people are that stupid. If they would make it legal there would be a lot less crime on the street's! WAKE UP AND LEGALIZE IT! [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #28 posted by Bryan Palmer on December 02, 2000 at 20:30:50 PT:
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Comment #27 posted by misty on November 29, 2000 at 06:37:51 PT |
Comment #26 posted by dddd on November 14, 2000 at 05:38:16 PT |
Comment #25 posted by Rastaman on November 13, 2000 at 23:44:32 PT |
All I can say is I'm glad I'm in New England. Shocking how much of the country is filled w/ right-wing rednecks. Didn't we kick their ass bad enough in the Civil War? The only good thing to come out of the Bible Belt is the "Dukes of Hazzard" and Mardi Gras
Comment #24 posted by Paul on November 10, 2000 at 06:43:51 PT:
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Comment #23 posted by Bill still smokes!! on November 08, 2000 at 10:53:45 PT |
Comment #22 posted by Bill did not inhale? on November 08, 2000 at 10:46:40 PT |
Comment #21 posted by William Hollis on November 01, 2000 at 13:33:19 PT |
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Comment #18 posted by Danketh McHerbal on October 20, 2000 at 19:41:07 PT:
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HARRY BROWNE FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment #17 posted by smoker on October 13, 2000 at 22:52:38 PT:
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Comment #9 posted by laura on July 20, 2000 at 21:45:45 PT:
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Comment #8 posted by boyner on June 18, 2000 at 03:03:51 PT:
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Anti hemp fungus. Neat.
Once again an attack on industrial hemp is trojan-horsed onto the world in the guise of the "war on (natural) drugs"
Yeah I agree legalisation is the way forward. Its a little unnatural don't you think to make nature illegal. Ifind it ironic that so many of the devout christians in the anti-drug organisations think that the omnipotent and omniscient God made so many mistakes when it came to 'creating' the plants of the world. Do they really feel that eradicating God's creations is a good idea?
Decriminalisation of cannabis works fine in holland (don't believe your govt's hype), but only because the distribution is separated from that of alcohol, nicotine and other hard drugs. For example in britain, a de facto decriminalisation is in place due to widespread police discretion on small amounts of cannabis. This decriminalisation ironically channels more money into the pockets of the gangsters who smuggle and distribute drugs without adding a penny to the government in tax.
Legalisation would separate marijuana distribution from the gangsters and the hard drugs and make vendors responsible for who they sell to, rather like the alcohol industry. The money spent on pot could be taxed instead of going to the gangsters and being spent on baseball bats and fast cars.
keep it clean
boyner
Comment #7 posted by Paul on May 29, 2000 at 12:40:38 PT:
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Comment #4 posted by ryan on February 24, 2000 at 11:06:36 PT:
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sinceraly,
ryan
Comment #3 posted by FoM on December 11, 1998 at 10:21:37 PT |
Comment #2 posted by UaN on December 11, 1998 at 09:57:11 PT |
Comment #1 posted by Ron Bennett (UserInfo) on December 11, 1998 at 00:19:13 PT:
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The accidental release of Killer Bees in 1956 should be a warning of what can happen when we mess with genetics without complete understanding.
As far as this so-called killer fungus...what happens when cannabis and/or other crops becomes resistant? Or worse the fungus mutates in some way that is totally unexpected like Killer Bees did and kills other crops or even more scary what if the fungus is harmful to people who are exposed...and lastly, what if the fungus turns on its creators and actually becomes helpful to the plants it was designed to kill such as cannabis...while I wouldn't mind that, it's probably something they've given little thought.
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