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Re: Off Topic But Truly Beautiful (fwd )
At 4:11 PM -0500 11/10/98, Michael Motyka wrote:
>> In the summer of 1984, 10th-grader Irwin Nanofsky and a
>> friend were driving down the Apalachee Parkway on the way
>> home from baseball practice when they were pulled over by
>> a police officer for a minor traffic infraction.
...
>> As policy analysts and hemp advocates alike have been
>> quick to point out, the apparent legality (for now) of
>> Nanofsky's "pot orange" may render debates over the
>> legalization of marijuana moot. In fact, Florida's top
>> law enforcement officials admit that even if the
>> cultivation of Nanofsky's orange were to be outlawed, it
>> would be exceedingly difficult to identify the presence
>> of outlawed fruit among the state's largest agricultural
>> crop.
Once again technology makes the laws irrelevant.
Gotta love it.
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