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KILLER FUNGUS TOUTED TO ERADICATE STATE POT CROP
"TALLAHASSEE -- There's a killer fungus among us, and Florida's new drug czar Jim
McDonough hopes to one day let it loose to murder the state's illegal marijuana crops.
Only one problem: Scientists at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection fear the
fungus could mutate, spread and kill off everything from tomatoes to endangered plants."
-- Sat, 17 Jul 1999 - St. Petersburg Times (FL) - Copyright: 1999 St. Petersburg Times
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- What is FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM
- A quick search through Altavista gives a pretty good indication of how safe it is in it's natural state.
- Discussion and points of view
- A collection of news items and reader responses
- Fungus might fight drugs
- Miami Herald (FL) Tuesday, July 27 1999
- "But that's all it is at this juncture -- a thought -- says James McDonough, director of
Florida's Office of Drug Control." ** compare **
- Editorial: Marijuana-Killing Fungus Too Risky
- St. Petersburg Times (FL) Tue, July 20 1999
- Killer Fungus Touted To Eradicate State Pot Crop
- Full text of July 17th 1999 St. Pteresburg Times story from The Media Awareness Project
- "Bill McCollum, R-Longwood, who called mycoherbicides the "silver bullet" in the war on drugs." ** compare **
- US funds anti-drug fungus
- From the Collumbus Free Press Feb 17, 1999
- Drug War's Elusive Targets
- San Francisco Chronicle (CA) - Thursday February 4, 1999
- Libertarians blast Congress for spending $23 million to develop anti-drug killer fungus
- News From The Libertarian Party - January 11, 1999
- US GE: The Drug War's Fungal Solution?
- Covert Action Quarterly - Spring 1998
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