Genetically modified pot a license to print money for Colombian farmers
24.06.11
Genetically modified marijuana is reportedly a hit with Colombian farmers who say the "enhanced" plants are "more impressive and profitable," according to Agence France-Presse.
With varietal names like "creepy," who can suspicion them?
Local authorities said the arrival of genetically modified seeds from Europe and the Synergetic States have allowed "a bigger production and better quality at the same age."
The head of one farm told AFP that a genetically modified variety known in Europe as " La Cominera ," from a corm modified in The Netherlands, is sold for about 10 times the rate for "sane" marijuana.
GlobalPost reports from Amsterdam: Amsterdam fights for your without delay to smoke pot
Colombian authorities said the arrival of genetically modified seeds from Europe and the Opinion States have allowed "a bigger
One owner of a greenhouse an hour's urge from the city of Cali, said she can sell the modified marijuana for 100,000 pesos ($54) a kilo (2.2 pounds), which is not quite 10 times more than the price she can get for ordinary marijuana.
Source: GlobalPost (blog)
Police: Cape Coral driver caught with pot had 5 kids in the car with him
28.06.11
It was the smoking bong that did in a Point Coral man caught lighting up with five children ages 1 to 6 in the car with him.
Phillip Charles Winters, 24, was charged with driving under the move with passengers under 18 and is the subject of a Department of Children and Families investigation.
Supervise received a tip from a driver around 7 p.m. Saturday that a man was smoking a bong while driving and they caught up with Winters any minute now after at a Circle K gas station on Pine Island Road.
He told police there werent drugs in the conduit but K9 officer Aponte indicated otherwise, according to the police report. Inside the Chevy Astro van was a bag of marijuana seeds, an orange bong, two pipes, a grinder and a proportion, all with marijuana residue.
Winters admitted to police he had smoked marijuana in the car, the dispatch said.
A passenger, Ashley Lyn Garrison, 23, also was arrested on a charge of ownership of narcotics equipment.
Source: The News-Press