Banned Pesticides found in Pot

[dmlfarmer]

no, not okay with giving up rights, but what about my right to not having noxious weeds blowing into my fields because my neighbor does not control them. Why should he have the right to contaminate my fields?

If you have some Triffid flax seed, an old deregistered canola variety, or even got your hands on some experimental glyphosate resistant wheat seed, do you honestly think that it is your right to grow these given there is zero tolerance for the presence of these in the marketing system? Why do you think your right to grow such crops supersede the rights of every other farmer of having our marketing system uncontaminated by production that the system does not approve of or want?

[biglentil]

Who in their right mind would plant an unmarketable crop. The financial penalty and backlash from the community would be very severe even without laws against it. Its no different than clever herbicide. We can still buy it its not illegal to spray it on canola but good luck trying to sell it.

No one would enjoy a noxious weed problem. Is a fine going to help the struggling farmer get the weeds under control. No its not maybe a little support from a helpful group of neighbours would go alot further. We can self regulate, we don't need more regulations forced upon us. What we need is a community that stands together for the good of all.

[dmlfarmer]

If there are no regulations, how can farmers self regulate? You said yourself that a person should be able to plant any seed on God's green earth. So how can you tell someone to clean up their weed problems if there are no regulations about what weeds are noxious.

If a person can grow what ever they want, what is to stop someone from planting a patch of jimsonweed to sell as a home remedy in spite of the fact it could threaten canola production in the area?

If we are so good at self regulation, why did we have the triffid problem? Someone, somewhere grew this crop after it was delisted.

You brought up Clever. Grain buyers were telling farmers not to use this product yet lots did. What did you do to stop your neighbors from using Clever if you think farmers can self regulate and communities can stand together against practices. Sounds like you want to be able to regulate everyone else but not yourself.

[biglentil]

The war on drugs has been a complete failure. Billions spent and what has the US have to show for it. The highest incarceration rates in the world, high unemployment, and a terrible drug epedemic. If those resources were spent offering rehabilitation to the addicts, finding real employment in safe in cooperative environment. They would be way better off. Instead they are marginalized with a criminal record and thrown behìnd bars. They get out with next 0 chance of meaningful work without a hope n hell. Guess where they end up on the streets or back in jail. A constant liability on society.

People need a sense of belonging not disenfranchising. If a suffering ex alcholic, ex smoker, or whoever finds some relief or solace in smoking a bit of grass or growing a bit of grass. Let em be.