Well the braintrust at the ONDCP and in Congress are at it again. Besides overseeing the neverending "War on Drugs", now they are planning (again) to prepare a biological weapon against coca and other drug crops.
Pushed by Souder, Biden and Hatch, the ONDCP Reauthorization Bill may come to a vote this week. Included in the language is the following:
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this act, the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy shall submit to the Congress a report that includes a plan to conduct, on an expedited basis, a scientific study of the use of mycoherbicide as a means of illicit drug crop elimination by an appropriate Government scientific research entity, include a complete and thorough scientific peer review. The study shall include an evaluation of the likely human health and environmental impacts of mycoherbicides derived from fungus naturally existing in the soil.
Just what the world needs... a little help spreading those botanical delicacies... Fusarium oxysporum and Pleospora papaveracea.
What the hell are they?? after the fold...
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