RE: SIGH... NOT!! THC tainted oranges

Closest ciommon relative of hemp is of course hop  (*Humulus lupulus*
IIRC) which is, as you all know, widely used to flavour beer. I believe
it already has  some THC content, or something very similar.

Ken Brown


Bill Frantz wrote:

> > always thought that crabgrass would be a better carrier for
> THC genes, and give the DEA maximum fits.  However, 
> given that 5 states have passed medical pot initiatives, 
> one over the attempts of their legislature to destroy the 
> previous initiative, perhaps the DEA has enough problems.  :-)

On Mon, Nov 16, 1998 at 05:17:32AM -0600, Brown, R Ken wrote:
> Closest ciommon relative of hemp is of course hop  (*Humulus lupulus*
> IIRC) which is, as you all know, widely used to flavour beer. I believe
> it already has  some THC content, or something very similar.

lupulin ... I had a friend who claimed to get stoned off smoking hops
and hop extract.

There were inaccurate claims dating back to at least the 60s that hops
could be crossed with hemp to produce a psychoactive plant similar to
the recent Orange hoax.

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At 11:59 AM 11/16/98 +0000, Steve Mynott wrote:
>lupulin ... I had a friend who claimed to get stoned off smoking hops
>and hop extract.

Back in the 60s (well, 70s) we could get stoned smoking just about anything;
didn't matter if it was psychoactive or not, as long as you really 
_wanted_ to believe you'd get stoned  from it. :-)  I mean, if it worked
with banana peels, it'd work with just about anything...

On the other hand, an acquaintance of mine and some of his druggie friends
decided to try smoking caffeine pills to see what would happen.  Once. :-)
You do not want to try this.  He said it hits you with all the bad
caffeine side effects, all at once.

>There were inaccurate claims dating back to at least the 60s that hops
>could be crossed with hemp to produce a psychoactive plant similar to
>the recent Orange hoax.

I have heard of people grafting hop vines onto cannabis roots,
which can ostensibly get THC into the hops while looking like an
innocent non-contraband plant.  
				Thanks! 
					Bill
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