The Beginning Or The End?

meristem said:

GMO weed will be great! I was just reading the 2011 paper by the guys that produced the first draft genome and transcriptome for Purple Kush. They then compared it with the genome of a non-cannabinoid producing hemp strain which revealed some of the genetic and biochem pathways involved in the biosynthesis cannabinoids.

They've come a long way since 2011 - see Cannabis Genomic Research Initiative

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Yep, cool stuff. I read an article about how we will someday be able to pick qualities we like from a menu and make our own varieties and take home a tissue sample right then.

Fuck yeah, science

Well I am sure that the potency and overall condition of goverment sold cannabis will definitely deteriorate just like with beer, spirits and of course the infamous tobacco. That's unfortunately normal, they'll start using mass production techniques, pesticides, chemicals etc. (not as bad as it sounds) just like with tobacco.

Situation A: the goverment enrolls very strict laws that state only they will be allowed to grow (in that case we are proper fucked), because that way they'll be able to control literally everything,

Situation B: cannabis will be still legal in households and you won't have to worry about smoking goverment grown weed.

I still think it's a bad idea, because just like with Mosanto and such, they might start controlling the seed banks making it illegal for other people to buy for eg. "natural" seeds. The overall genetics will be also "controlled" and then the civilians with "natural" genetic seeds will be considered some type of bio-eco-hippy-vegan people. Which is just like in current times if you look from the perspective of fruit/veg/meat. Processed foods are considered somewhat "normal" and popular whilst home grown, non GMO, organic foods are still the minority.

Now I am not in any way "anti-goverment, anti-Europe, anti-everything" etc. but it looks like you can predict the outcome of letting huge CO.'s into the pot buisness by just looking at what they did with alchohol and tobacco over the past hundred years. That shit isn't even tobacco anymore, maybe it just sits next to real tobacco on a ship when they send it all over the world.

Gregor Eisenhorn said:

Well I am sure that the potency and overall condition of goverment sold cannabis will definitely deteriorate just like with beer, spirits and of course the infamous tobacco. That's unfortunately normal, they'll start using mass production techniques, pesticides, chemicals etc. (not as bad as it sounds) just like with tobacco.

Situation A: the goverment enrolls very strict laws that state only they will be allowed to grow (in that case we are proper fucked), because that way they'll be able to control literally everything,

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That can't happen in the USA. My right to grow is protected by my state constitution.
It also can not happen because we are a democratic republic. The government would not grow cannabis. That would be left to individuals and companies.

Gregor Eisenhorn said:

Situation B: cannabis will be still legal in households and you won't have to worry about smoking goverment grown weed.

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The US government will not grow weed for sale to the general public. Period.

Gregor Eisenhorn said:

I still think it's a bad idea, because just like with Mosanto and such,

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Ugh. GMOs are great. I can't wait fro GMO weed.

Gregor Eisenhorn said:

they might start controlling the seed banks making it illegal for other people to buy for eg. "natural" seeds.

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You might wake up one day and only be able to speak Urdu. It could happen.
Even if that were true, that would return seed production back under ground. Me and my friends have thousands of seeds.
You can actually breed ditchweed into good weed if you have the patience.

Gregor Eisenhorn said:

The overall genetics will be also "controlled" and then the civilians with "natural" genetic seeds will be considered some type of bio-eco-hippy-vegan people.

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I want Prince to respond to that bit:

Gregor Eisenhorn said:

Which is just like in current times if you look from the perspective of fruit/veg/meat. Processed foods are considered somewhat "normal" and popular whilst home grown, non GMO, organic foods are still the minority.

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About 44% of foods labeled "organic" are not actually organic.

Gregor Eisenhorn said:

Now I am not in any way "anti-goverment, anti-Europe, anti-everything" etc. but it looks like you can predict the outcome of letting huge CO.'s into the pot buisness by just looking at what they did with alchohol and tobacco over the past hundred years.

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Letting? If cannabis is legal, then what is the problem? What do you mean by huge companies?
Is the company that made your computer huge?
Let's do that. I like to think that cannabis in America is like beer. There is mass produced and there there are microbreweries. There is a tremendous demand for quality beer. The mass produced beer is losing market share to craft beer.

There will always be mass produced beer and there will always be a demand for quality beer. i imagine legal cannabis would be the same way.

No one can stop me and my friends from growing cannabis, period.

Gregor Eisenhorn said:

That shit isn't even tobacco anymore, maybe it just sits next to real tobacco on a ship when they send it all over the world.

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There is still quality tobacco available and it is legal to grow your own.