US CO: Column: Boycott Ganja

[Rev.Holden Greene]

US CO: Column: Boycott Ganja
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1389/a02.html
Newshawk: The GCW
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Pubdate: Thu, 25 Aug 2005
Source: Boulder Weekly (CO)
Column: In Case You Missed It
Copyright: 2005 Boulder Weekly
Contact: letters@boulderweekly.com
Website: http://www.boulderweekly.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/57
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BOYCOTT GANJA

Alas, it seems there's actually a real reason not to smoke marijuana. There's a threat to America's forests, and it isn't the logging industry. It's dope growers. It seems that tighter border security since 9/11 has driven drug cartels onto protected wild lands, like Sequoia National Park, where they log, plant pot, spill pesticides and herbicides, divert water from creeks, trample everything in sight, leave trash and then take their harvest to the streets.

The Los Angeles Times reports that growers are using protected public lands on an agri-business scale, destroying tracts of otherwise untouched wilderness. While the feds are sending armed agents into the forests, they are vastly outnumbered and fighting a losing battle. A bust in one part of one park results in operations sprouting up somewhere else, spreading the environmental damage and compounding the problem.

Talk about a buzz kill. What if that in your hand was filled at the expense of a giant sequoia that had stood proud and tall since before the Pilgrims landed? What if countless furry critters were poisoned to harvest your herb? What if the fish in a creek first choked on chemicals and then drowned in the cruel air because their water was siphoned off to nurture your dope?

What if your bud is not so kind?

The solution is clear. Just as the tuna industry was forced to tell consumers which brands were dolphin-safe during the '80s, so the marijuana industry should now be forced to tell buyers which keys are forest-safe. Dealers can tuck little labels inside their baggies that read, "No trees or forest creatures were harmed in the growing of this ganja."

Of course, the problem with this is that no one who sells dope wants a paper trail. The guy down the hall who sells it to you bought it from someone who wants to remain anonymous. Why? Because the Bush administration is waiting to bust his ass and send him to Club Fed.

So here's another solution: Put the crooks who cut down sequoia trees out of business by making marijuana legal.
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[Torkel]

Thanks for posting the article, brother RHG.

[Torkel]

Thanks for posting the article, brother RHG.

[Don Quixote]

the solution is very clear.

eveyone grow their own for personal use.voila!no more 'dope dealers'.

while prohibition remains there will always be guerilla farmers and they will never care about destroying protected forrest.they are in a multi-million pound industry controlled by organised crime.just think of how much the world-wide market in illeagal cannabis is worth!it must be measured in tens or hundreds of millions!
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[Rev.Holden Greene]

US CO: PUB LTE: Pay Attention?
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1428/a08.html
Newshawk: The GCW
Rate this article Votes: 1
Pubdate: Thu, 1 Sep 2005
Source: Boulder Weekly (CO)
Copyright: 2005 Boulder Weekly
Contact: letters@boulderweekly.com
Website: http://www.boulderweekly.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/57
Author: Mark Tucci
Note: Titled by Newshawk
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1389/a02.html

PAY ATTENTION?

This is the stupidest argument for not smoking weed ever. Just stop the prohibition of cannabis, and this kind of activity will stop. That's it. No "master plan," no "we'll be drug free by 1984." Come on! Be realistic! Use some common sense, and pay attention.

Mark Tucci via Internet

Editor's note: Put the reefer down, and pay attention yourself, Mark. The suggestion to boycott pot was made tongue in cheek. Our real opinion on the matter, found at the end of the piece, is to legalize marijuana, thus destroying the need to grow it illegally. D'oh!
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