Frankenpot!
December 20, 2006 10:33 AM Subscribe
Better living through genetic engineering! A new cash-crop hybrid has been developed which can be planted any time of the year. It can be harvested after just 2 months, vastly increasing annual yields per acre. It's resistant to herbicides and other nasty chemicals. It's referred to as "Columbian" and it's now the breed-of-choice for Michoacan marijuana farmers.
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This sounds like good news on the face of it, but I'm worried about the impact of unintended cross-pollination with native marijuana plants.
posted by Faint of Butt at 10:41 AM on December 20, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by Faint of Butt at 10:41 AM on December 20, 2006 [1 favorite]
I bet that guy in that picture is totally high.
posted by The Straightener at 10:53 AM on December 20, 2006
posted by The Straightener at 10:53 AM on December 20, 2006
It is only a matter of time before GM drug plants; however, that hasn't been established here.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 10:57 AM on December 20, 2006
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 10:57 AM on December 20, 2006
How long until they have Terminator seeds?
posted by sonofsamiam at 11:02 AM on December 20, 2006
posted by sonofsamiam at 11:02 AM on December 20, 2006
I wonder when, and if, some enterprising plant molecular biologist will engineer maize or corn to produce all the psychoactive ingredients from a Mary Jane plant... like THC.
posted by gsb at 11:04 AM on December 20, 2006
posted by gsb at 11:04 AM on December 20, 2006
A one-link post to a Fox News story? What the fuck?
posted by interrobang at 11:04 AM on December 20, 2006
posted by interrobang at 11:04 AM on December 20, 2006
I know you're trying to be funny, but it just says they are hybrid plants, and "genetically improved" -- which is why people have always hybridized plants, to genetically improve them for our purposes. It's not Frankenpot.
posted by Listener at 11:04 AM on December 20, 2006
posted by Listener at 11:04 AM on December 20, 2006
SCDB sends note to FBI.
"Will make Post About Drugs on Commie Metafilter. Only Dope Smokers Will Respond. Take Names."
posted by tkchrist at 11:05 AM on December 20, 2006
"Will make Post About Drugs on Commie Metafilter. Only Dope Smokers Will Respond. Take Names."
posted by tkchrist at 11:05 AM on December 20, 2006
Soldiers fanned out across some of the new fields Tuesday, pulling up plants by the root and burning them...
Riiight. Burning them. AND THEN INHALING THE SMOKE.
posted by ninjew at 11:08 AM on December 20, 2006
Riiight. Burning them. AND THEN INHALING THE SMOKE.
posted by ninjew at 11:08 AM on December 20, 2006
Is this the first time you've heard of people making hybrid marijuana plants? It's hardly new. I mean come on.
posted by delmoi at 11:15 AM on December 20, 2006
posted by delmoi at 11:15 AM on December 20, 2006
La cosa maravillosa sobre esto es, usted puede jugar 36 agujeros en él en la tarde, tomar un cierto hogar y conseguir empedrado a la correa de Begezzus.
- Carlos Spackler
posted by hal9k at 11:24 AM on December 20, 2006
- Carlos Spackler
posted by hal9k at 11:24 AM on December 20, 2006
I thought from the post that this meant that there were genetically engineered marijuana plants involved. But no.
posted by nowonmai at 11:38 AM on December 20, 2006
posted by nowonmai at 11:38 AM on December 20, 2006
I'm with tkchrist, this is a honeypot right here. If I was a commie teahead I'd be flushin' my stash and waiting for a visit from a couple of guys with really shiny shoes.
posted by Divine_Wino at 11:47 AM on December 20, 2006
posted by Divine_Wino at 11:47 AM on December 20, 2006
Is this the first time you've heard of people making hybrid marijuana plants?
Yeah, but have you heard of people making hybrid marijuana plants ... on weed!
posted by YoBananaBoy at 11:49 AM on December 20, 2006
One link FOX newsfilter. Woweee. Where's my img tag?
And who in their right mind would try to kill marijuana plants with pesticide? The world is a fucked up kinda place.
The raids were part of President Felipe Calderon's new offensive to restore order in his home state of Michoacan and fight drug violence that has claimed more than 2,000 lives in Mexico this year.
Raids, yes, those will definitely stop violence. Good idea! Oh wait, sorry, the phrase was "fight violence." I see what they did there.
posted by mek at 12:18 PM on December 20, 2006
And who in their right mind would try to kill marijuana plants with pesticide? The world is a fucked up kinda place.
The raids were part of President Felipe Calderon's new offensive to restore order in his home state of Michoacan and fight drug violence that has claimed more than 2,000 lives in Mexico this year.
Raids, yes, those will definitely stop violence. Good idea! Oh wait, sorry, the phrase was "fight violence." I see what they did there.
posted by mek at 12:18 PM on December 20, 2006
MWAAAhaaahaaa....
(I hear tell that too much grass makes you paranoid.)
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 12:19 PM on December 20, 2006
(I hear tell that too much grass makes you paranoid.)
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 12:19 PM on December 20, 2006
A one-link post to a Fox News story? What the fuck?
Obviously, you're not a golfer.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 12:40 PM on December 20, 2006
Obviously, you're not a golfer.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 12:40 PM on December 20, 2006
AI AI AI! MOTA GIGANTA DEL LA MEURTE! HUYA! VAMINOS!! FUMAR MAS RAPIDO, AMIGO! EL EXTREMO DEL MUNDO ESTA AQUI!!
posted by loquacious at 12:53 PM on December 20, 2006
posted by loquacious at 12:53 PM on December 20, 2006
SCDB sends note to FBI.
"Will make Post About Drugs on Commie Metafilter. Only Dope Smokers Will Respond. Take Names."
Heh, heh. Suckers - I'm glad I didn't resp...
crap
posted by spaceman_spiff at 1:13 PM on December 20, 2006
"Will make Post About Drugs on Commie Metafilter. Only Dope Smokers Will Respond. Take Names."
Heh, heh. Suckers - I'm glad I didn't resp...
crap
posted by spaceman_spiff at 1:13 PM on December 20, 2006
Note: My Spanish sucks a whole lot. Please not to be nipping off to the tobaccanists for a hovercraft of eels, bouncy bouncy.
posted by loquacious at 1:23 PM on December 20, 2006
posted by loquacious at 1:23 PM on December 20, 2006
Is that "spaceman_spliff"?
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 1:33 PM on December 20, 2006
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 1:33 PM on December 20, 2006
credo que necesssita responder para monstrar solidaridad, con ustedes y la mota de los dioses y diablos.
fuma si lo tienen, amigos!
posted by sarcasman at 2:29 PM on December 20, 2006
fuma si lo tienen, amigos!
posted by sarcasman at 2:29 PM on December 20, 2006
I reserve judgement until I see a close-up of a bud.
posted by Null Pointer and the Exceptions at 2:32 PM on December 20, 2006
posted by Null Pointer and the Exceptions at 2:32 PM on December 20, 2006
Maybe the drug warriors will give up now. Nah, who am I kidding, they'll just bill more.
posted by grytpype at 2:41 PM on December 20, 2006
posted by grytpype at 2:41 PM on December 20, 2006
interrobang : You're a fucking idiot.
No, no, no, the new preferred expression is "You fail, fuckbag."
[Just say it a few times, it's a wonderful phrase.]
posted by quin at 4:16 PM on December 20, 2006
No, no, no, the new preferred expression is "You fail, fuckbag."
[Just say it a few times, it's a wonderful phrase.]
posted by quin at 4:16 PM on December 20, 2006
"La cosa maravillosa sobre esto es, usted puede jugar 36 agujeros en él en la tarde, tomar un cierto hogar y conseguir empedrado a la correa de Begezzus."
Babelfish renders this as:
"The wonderful thing on this is, you you can play 36 holes in him in afternoon, take a certain home and obtain spotted to the strap of Begezzus."
Metafilter: spotted to the strap of Begezzus.
posted by davy at 4:26 PM on December 20, 2006
Babelfish renders this as:
"The wonderful thing on this is, you you can play 36 holes in him in afternoon, take a certain home and obtain spotted to the strap of Begezzus."
Metafilter: spotted to the strap of Begezzus.
posted by davy at 4:26 PM on December 20, 2006
Has anyone tried it?
posted by Area Control at 5:08 PM on December 20, 2006
posted by Area Control at 5:08 PM on December 20, 2006
This will be spun into rabid ONDCP/DEA propaganda in 3... 2... 1...
posted by i_am_a_Jedi at 5:28 PM on December 20, 2006
posted by i_am_a_Jedi at 5:28 PM on December 20, 2006
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