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Complete tripe. The article doesn't even work up the guts to make the claim that's made in the headline. And even in what it actually says, it goes too far by c
by elefanten 5y ago
Complete tripe. The article doesn't even work up the guts to make the claim that's made in the headline. And even in what it actually says, it goes too far by claiming the government was trying to "purposely" harm the lungs of pot smokers. The only argument supported by the evidence is that the government was trying to kill weed crops as an early drug war tactic, which backfired because it wasn't killing enough of the crops but rather contaminating them with toxins.
The rabid desire to spin "uS GoVeRnMenT iS EvIl@!" narratives everywhere there's a shadow on the wall is just so old hat.
- Lammy 5y agohttp://www.csdp.org/research/shafernixon.pdf http://www.csdp.org/research/shafernixon.pdf
- elefanten 5y agoInteresting historical snippets. Did I miss something in there that mentioned a conspiracy to murder or maim pot smokers?
- stephen_g 5y agoThe point is that the Government very quickly realised it didn't work to kill the plants, quickly realised contaminated crops were coming in to the US and that the poison they'd sprayed on it was harming people, and then continued to do it for decades...
- elp 5y agoSo much this. From Wikipedia: "Whether any injury came about due to the inhalation of paraquat-contaminated marijuana is uncertain. A 1995 study found that "no lung or other injury in cannabis users has ever been attributed to paraquat contamination". Also a United States Environmental Protection Agency manual states: "... toxic effects caused by this mechanism have been either very rare or nonexistent. Most paraquat that contaminates cannabis is pyrolyzed during smoking to dipyridyl, which is a product of combustion of the leaf material itself (including cannabis) and presents little toxic hazard."