IVIV re CAMP
Jay Herzog
zogboy at gmail.com
Tue Aug 25 23:38:17 CDT 2009
Unfortunately environmentally harmful diesel spills are giving those
small time marijuana growers a bad name, though some blame the cops...
http://www.northcoastjournal.com/issues/2008/10/02/after-hacker-creek/
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Doug Millison<dougmillison at comcast.net> wrote:
> The small scale pot growers I know will continue to grow organically and
> produce a pure, medicinal product.
>
> I'm no expert but my sense is that small farmers more generally, in
> California and elsewhere, tend to embrace sustainable, green practices, and
> produce healthy stuff.
>
> I'd expect that corporate interests who seek to profit from marijuana will
> do what they do now with other agricultural products, a mixed bag, in other
> words or appalling and appealing practices. They are susceptible to
> consumer and governmental forces, too.
>
>
> On Aug 25, 2009, at 9:02 AM, Robert Mahnke wrote:
>
>> Avoid them, or be able to blame them on (newly legalized) big business?
>>
>> On 8/22/09, Doug Millison <dougmillison at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/22/us/22pot.html
>>> "Mr. Heil said drug operators could be blamed for a handful of wildfires
>>> each year in California, which is already dealing with a prolonged
>>> drought
>>> and budget-stretched firefighting resources. Environmental damage of a
>>> different kind can also be severe, with pesticides seeping into soil and
>>> streams, and trash and human waste left behind."
>>>
>>> I just wish we'd go ahead and legalize this "useful substance" so we can
>>> avoid these consequences of the current system.
>>>
>
>
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