Richard Ha - Cannabis Conniseur?

[TomK]

"If most pot smokers are anti-GMO, it wasn't too bright to appoint a pro-GMO guy for a dispensary permit. This will create a good deal of chaos."

Has anyone taken a poll of pot smokers to see if they're anti or pro GMOs? I'm sure the results would be most interesting depending on the questions asked or when they were asked.

[kalakoa]

allow the average citizen to benefit

Hahaha -- no, that's not how this works. At all.

Has anyone taken a poll of pot smokers to see if they're anti or pro GMOs?

This assumes they even know what they're smoking -- since it's all illegal, there's no labeling requirement.

That said, pretty much all weed is "GMO" in the hybridized sense; there are very few untouched landrace strains, and Monsanto doesn't make a Roundup-Ready version...

[bystander]

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Originally posted by kalakoa

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That said, pretty much all weed is "GMO" in the hybridized sense;

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Hybridization through selective breeding is not the same as genetic modification. Just pointing that out. Pro GMO people like to say things like that.

[Rob Tucker]

Isn't changing the genetic makeup of a plant the ultimate purpose of selective breeding?

[kalakoa]

selective breeding is not the same as genetic modification

The anti-GMO crowd tends to confuse the terminology for maximum dramatic effect.

I prefer the term "Genetic Engineering" for the exotic DNA splicing that happens in labs.

I also doubt that much research has been done in this area simply due to marijuana (possession, use, cultivation, transport) being a violation of Federal law.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Isn't changing the genetic makeup of a plant the ultimate purpose

I remember about 20 years ago, I read a Time Magazine article about marijuana breeders. The story stated that if the same amount of selective breeding and genetic crosses (indica x sativa, etc) had been applied to watermelons, melons the size of VW Beetles would be commonplace.

But, yeah, let's go ahead and pretend there exists an imaginary line between the purity of DNA and plant chromosome structure in currently cultivated marijuana, and potential GMO varieties.

Oscar Wilde's Last Words: "Either this wallpaper goes, or I do."

[grumpyscosmos]

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Originally posted by Big_Island

Here is a thought,

If you don't like the distributor, don't buy their product?

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That would be a great idea.if the whole system wasn't set up as
a Monopoly...

“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” " Krishnamurti "

[Guest]

Would it be a legal practice to ask people to pay x amount for an application process that was never intended to be a fair process or was already decided?
If the state of hawaii had already visited and pre-chosen team Ha's to be our islands 1st dispensary owner then why continue to take others application money without a fair application approval process?
Didn't the recent geothermals talk of expansion of another puna geothermal plant process also have questions surrounding its application or rewarding process?

http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-ne...investment

http://www.hawaiifreepress.com/ArticlesM...mpany.aspx

Interesting to find Mr HA's name in this controversial geothermal investment too,jmo.

Why does it feel like (OHA) is only out for the money?
What is the difference between IDG and OHA?

It always stinks like there is some kind of unfair or unethical process happening with the way this county, state, and oha discuss, propose, or deal with future geothermal interests or intentions here in lower Puna.
Would including the general public or the community that lives around the geothermal power plant be to much to ask?

Also found this recent article that helps explain some of the decades old civil forfeiture laws that have been impacting or hurting many Puna residents.

http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-ne...rty-ransom

Why can this state run a civil forfeiture program aimed at displacing local families from their property, faster than the county or state can run a geothermal relocation program to help a concerned family relocate?



Edited to add links.

[kalakoa]

Would it be a legal practice to ask people to pay x amount for an application process that was never intended to be a fair process or was already decided?

I'm sure a lawsuit or three will uncover the truth while setting the dispensary program back another year or two. Where are the Protectors when you need them?

[Punatic007]

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Originally posted by kalakoa

Would it be a legal practice to ask people to pay x amount for an application process that was never intended to be a fair process or was already decided?

I'm sure a lawsuit or three will uncover the truth while setting the dispensary program back another year or two. Where are the Protectors when you need them?

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Now that's funny.