Maybe they could do something like that with heroin or cocaine. I don't actually know if its scientifically possible to lace anthrax with recreational drugs..
But marijuana would be tough. I think that most marijuana we smoke in the US is homegrown in the US. Whether it be large scale operation or just a small room full of plants in someones house. Correct me if Im wrong.. and yea, maybe we get some from Canada and Im sure we get a lot from Mexico.
But it would be harder to taint marijuana with anthrax since its more of a homegrown drug.
ganja
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Ok, I'll agree that most "chronic" available in the US is most likely grown in the US, but we get alot of "stress" from Mexico - MASS amounts of stress. I know this - don't ask, but I KNOW this. Plus, what about all the boats that get busted by the Coast Guard coming from Jamaica, or wherever? Every day they bust more than 1 cigarette boat jamming over from some country or another. I say this as I look out the window of my office and see 1 marked police car and a detective's car pull in. Whew, gives me the shivers. Anyhow, as far as marijuana being laced with anthrax or another pathogen, how is it impossible? You can lace marijuana with any other DRUG - pcp, speed, whatever - so what's the difference between powdered angel dust and anthrax? No difference. Regardless of marijuana, check out heroin. Sure, who cares about the folks on heroin, they shouldn't be doing it, and I personally look down on folks who do it, but the plain and simple fact is, we have a large number of folks hooked on it. And where does alot of our heroin come from? Afghanistan. Middle-east. Terrorist country. Afghanistan's most profittable and ADMITTED crop happens to be opium and opiate products. So how hard would it be for them to mix in something with the product while it's being manafactured? Same with ecstasy. And who says it has to come from overseas to be tainted? My point was it IS possible, and it would really f*ck us up.
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It would be entirely possible, and very easy, to lace marijuana with anthrax. I don't see a reason to though. Why would they lace marijuana with anthrax, when they could lace poultry, red meat, or seafood with it? Lacing any type of drug with anthrax would not hit the country for all it's worth. That's what the aim of the terrorists is. They want to knock off as many people as humanly possible, not kill a few stoners. It wouldn't have the impact that the terrorists aim for when they do things.
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True, they could lace just about anything. Why haven't they? I mean, if a stoner like me can think of it, surely an international terrorist could as well. And "a few stoners"?? My initial point was, there are more than just a few stoners. Like I said, 75% of the people I know personally smoke. So if they did lace marijuana or another drug with something, it'd take out more than just a few stoners. Shrug. Maybe I'm just more diabolical than a terrorist, but I would've done this long ago.
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I think the problem with terrorism and seeing the possibilities and probabilites that are obvious to us are based in the fanatacism that denote terrorism in general. A terrorist is focused on one objective, killing, that in and of itself limits actions, IE: thinking outside the box.
True, although we are open to attacks on almost any level of our social, ecomonic, and agricultural structures, that doesnt mean they are un-monitored/un-regulated in a manner that would fail to raise alarms at levels that would severly cripple the effectiveness of a terrorist attack.
After all, Big brother IS watching! I don't think most Americans would believe how much IS actually at work in the background.
Hanover Fist
Its only paranoia, if they're NOT after you!
True, although we are open to attacks on almost any level of our social, ecomonic, and agricultural structures, that doesnt mean they are un-monitored/un-regulated in a manner that would fail to raise alarms at levels that would severly cripple the effectiveness of a terrorist attack.
After all, Big brother IS watching! I don't think most Americans would believe how much IS actually at work in the background.
Hanover Fist
Its only paranoia, if they're NOT after you!
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Heh..interesting post..lacing shit wouldn't really affect the US much because most of our products are American made..of course you got SOME from other countries, but the U.S. is one of the very few countries that can survive on its own without any outside help/imports. I think lacing shit would just be a huge waste of their time because everyone in America doesn't go to their local Pakistani or Iraqi restaraunts every week. Hell, I don't even know if a restaraunt serving food from either country exists around me, I've never been to one or seen one focus'd on that kind of food anyway.
There ARE more than a few stoners..everyone knows that, even our sobre population. Most likely, 75% of the people you see every day smoke, and it's not always the ones "Oh, you know he smokes," it's the most UNLIKELY people you see.
As far as lacing drugs other than weed...go ahead. Marijuana is the only drug I condone friends/family doing..in RL, I generally won't associate with you if I find out you do cocaine, or any of that shit..other drugs ruin people...and they don't only ruin people, they ruin some aspect of the lives of the people close to/associated with them. *ick*
There ARE more than a few stoners..everyone knows that, even our sobre population. Most likely, 75% of the people you see every day smoke, and it's not always the ones "Oh, you know he smokes," it's the most UNLIKELY people you see.
As far as lacing drugs other than weed...go ahead. Marijuana is the only drug I condone friends/family doing..in RL, I generally won't associate with you if I find out you do cocaine, or any of that shit..other drugs ruin people...and they don't only ruin people, they ruin some aspect of the lives of the people close to/associated with them. *ick*
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Seventy-five percent of your friends and associates may smoke, but the truth is, less than 10% of the country smokes marijuana. It's all about the people you associate with. If they laced marijuana, it would have virtually no affect on the country.
Plat, I wasn't saying lace meat and stuff that comes from them. I meant do an inside job and lace the meat and shit that they sell at Mcdonalds, and in grocery stores.
Do you know how much anthrax would have to be used in order to lace the amount of marijuana that comes into the country? Way more anthrax than they have available. Why do you think they send it in envelopes and shit. You may only need a very very very very VERY little bit to kill someone, but there is no proper way to disperse it among the weed. There is also the problem of transportation. It would be highly dangerous to transport 500lbs of marijuana laced with anthrax. You would need more resources than are available to these terrorists. They run off of virtually nothing.
Also - When you get your weed, it's in nicely seperated sacks, right? You buy an eighth, you get an eighth, in a seperate sack. You buy a QP, you get a QP in one or two sacks. Now, answer me this. When 500lbs of marijuana laced with Anthrax is shipped into the country, who is going to split it up? You need someone to deal this shit. The dealer will die before he gets home. There's no plausible way to get the weed onto the streets. Even if they laced everything AFTER it was imported, and AFTER it was divided up, no normal baggie is going to hold anthrax safely. And, who in the hell buys their weed without inspecting it first? I sure as fuck know I don't. That'd be stupid. I know the difference between nice crystals, and some kind of white powdery shit on my weed.
You need to analyze the entire situation, from conception to death.
Plat, I wasn't saying lace meat and stuff that comes from them. I meant do an inside job and lace the meat and shit that they sell at Mcdonalds, and in grocery stores.
Do you know how much anthrax would have to be used in order to lace the amount of marijuana that comes into the country? Way more anthrax than they have available. Why do you think they send it in envelopes and shit. You may only need a very very very very VERY little bit to kill someone, but there is no proper way to disperse it among the weed. There is also the problem of transportation. It would be highly dangerous to transport 500lbs of marijuana laced with anthrax. You would need more resources than are available to these terrorists. They run off of virtually nothing.
Also - When you get your weed, it's in nicely seperated sacks, right? You buy an eighth, you get an eighth, in a seperate sack. You buy a QP, you get a QP in one or two sacks. Now, answer me this. When 500lbs of marijuana laced with Anthrax is shipped into the country, who is going to split it up? You need someone to deal this shit. The dealer will die before he gets home. There's no plausible way to get the weed onto the streets. Even if they laced everything AFTER it was imported, and AFTER it was divided up, no normal baggie is going to hold anthrax safely. And, who in the hell buys their weed without inspecting it first? I sure as fuck know I don't. That'd be stupid. I know the difference between nice crystals, and some kind of white powdery shit on my weed.
You need to analyze the entire situation, from conception to death.
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Ok, you just ruined my nice little paranoid conspiracy theory, Speed. So it might not be entirely feasible for this to happen, but it is possible. And I still disagree, I think it would affect the country more than you think it would. Just my humble opinion.