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green for victory

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5. lots of people get it MineralMan
Sat Mar 30, 2013, 11:01 AM
Mar 2013

in post #1 you said you were going to plant opium and belladonna and asked politely how it sounded.

Then in post 3 you are all of a sudden going to sell it.

I've seen this before, it's mission creep. And you're creeping.
And I GET it.

You bet. I'm going to go out and plant MineralMan Mar 2013 #1
Sounds Great! WDIM Mar 2013 #2
No, you don't get it. I'm going to collect the sap from the MineralMan Mar 2013 #3
lots of people get it MineralMan green for victory Mar 2013 #5
Well, why shouldn't I sell it? It's Natural, after all. MineralMan Mar 2013 #8
Good idea but! WDIM Mar 2013 #10
I'm counting on my customers to know what they're MineralMan Mar 2013 #15
Not everything that is legal, is legal to sell as well. EOTE Mar 2013 #39
And it would also get people interested in growing plants! WDIM Mar 2013 #40
Sounds good to me. EOTE Mar 2013 #42
Well said. WDIM Mar 2013 #46
It makes no sense to me Aerows Mar 2013 #52
Don't forget hemlock. It's 'natural', too. randome Mar 2013 #4
Absolutely! I trust my customers to take it MineralMan Mar 2013 #7
Hemlock is illegal to grow in the USA? Fumesucker Mar 2013 #9
You don't have to actually grow that one. It's a weed. MineralMan Mar 2013 #11
You didn't answer my question Fumesucker Mar 2013 #14
You know, there's a reason... ljm2002 Mar 2013 #30
Indeed. It, too, grows as a weed. But, in the US, it's not common as a native weed. MineralMan Mar 2013 #31
No, it's not illegal to grow it. MineralMan Mar 2013 #17
Interesting that such a deadly plant is perfectly legal to grow on your property Fumesucker Mar 2013 #20
Oh. I didn't see that this thread was about just one particular MineralMan Mar 2013 #28
I did mean all medicinal and every plant. WDIM Mar 2013 #33
Then, by extension, I can sell the plants I grow. MineralMan Mar 2013 #34
Selling is not a natural right WDIM Mar 2013 #36
OK, then. I'll give my little bottles of plant pills MineralMan Mar 2013 #37
Okay then.. WDIM Mar 2013 #41
I can go to lowes and buy all kinds of poisonous plants. WDIM Mar 2013 #22
Grow anything you want. randome Mar 2013 #6
Cooking isn't "natural" either Fumesucker Mar 2013 #12
Good point. randome Mar 2013 #16
Well I can't tell people how to ingest their own plant! WDIM Mar 2013 #13
Sure. But only eating it raw is natural. randome Mar 2013 #19
Burning meat is worse for your health... WDIM Mar 2013 #23
It could be for some, you're right. randome Mar 2013 #26
Your choice.. WDIM Mar 2013 #35
I am all for decriminalization. randome Mar 2013 #43
Who is pushing pot into younger and younger groups of people? Comrade Grumpy Mar 2013 #44
It's always been sold or shared at high schools. randome Mar 2013 #45
The drug war is a bigger risk to young people's health. WDIM Mar 2013 #47
But there is a dearth of responsible parents out there. randome Mar 2013 #49
So the violence associated with prohibition is okay... WDIM Mar 2013 #50
a lot of things humans do are not "natural" MindPilot Mar 2013 #18
We are an intellectual species forever at war with its instincts. randome Mar 2013 #21
I think you were just doing that. WDIM Mar 2013 #27
That's kinda my point. MindPilot Mar 2013 #29
Humans should only wear hempen garments. MineralMan Mar 2013 #38
Genesis 1:29 Ptah Mar 2013 #24
Genesis is just an example. WDIM Mar 2013 #32
The real reason why we should is...... Uben Mar 2013 #25
I grow my own opium poppies. They make a hell of a pain-killing tea. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2013 #48
I'm planting Aerows Mar 2013 #51
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