Medical pot may be certified organic

[Walt Starr]

Posted on Tue, Feb. 15, 2005

Medical pot may be certified organic

Regulating plant will subject it to health, safety standards


BERKELEY (AP) - Mendocino County, the rugged California outpost that was first in the nation to ban genetically modified crops, is striding toward a new agriculture frontier with a proposal to certify medical marijuana as organic.

The notion of pesticide-free pot is eliciting a few chuckles. But county officials, who are waiting to hear back from the state agriculture secretary about their proposal, say the issue is quite serious -- with no system to regulate cultivation, consumers are at risk.

''We regulate wine grape growers and pear growers and everybody else, so why shouldn't we also regulate pot growers?'' said Tony Linegar, assistant agricultural commissioner for Mendocino County. ''It's really an agricultural crop. In our estimate it should be subject to a lot of the same laws and regulations as commercial agriculture.''

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http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/state/10904174.htm

[Ezlivin]

1. No! Everything marked "organic" always costs more money!

Damn, now I'll have to pay $500 for 30 grams of the chronic.

[William Bloode]

2. All the herb i grow is...

100% organic, no chemical salts to marr the taste, nothing but pure smooth earthly goodness.

[Megahurtz]

3. Yep, they're forcing us to do everything else ourselves, so

Why not this?;)