Posted on 06/18/2018 10:39:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin
But, but, but....its all natural.
They reported this knowing that their own stupid followers would go out looking for it for the following reasons:
1. to prove what was said about it was true/false
2. to see if they could smoke it and get high
and
3. to have another “climate change” story about how mother nature is fighting back against the infestation of humans.
The North is retaliating for all the kudzu.
Tell millennials it will get them high, they will try it, no question.
that crap grows all over the place here.
Dare them to take the hogweed challenge and they will post youtube videos subjecting themselves to contact/pain
Damn, where can I buy seeds for this plant in commercial quantities? I want to pay China back for their gifts of snakehead fish and stink bugs to Maryland and other states.
They are invincible . . . they seem immune to all our herbicidal battering!
I just found a link to it in Washington State - said it originally came over from Asia! I thought Devil’s Club was about all I had to worry about in the Pacific Northwest!
So its named after David Hogg.
Its dangers are more than coincidental.
Strike by night,
They are defenseless,
They all need the sun,
To photosynthesise their venom.
The dopers tell me plants can’t be harmful.
I find that hard to believe. The anti-drug-war contingent on Free Republic seems to be quite intelligent. Can you point me to one example where one of them has told anyone that plants can’t be harmful?
Heracleum mantegazzianum, commonly known as giant hogweed, cartwheel-flower, giant cow parsnip, hogsbane or giant cow parsley, is a plant in the family Apiaceae. In New Zealand, it is also sometimes called wild parsnip, or wild rhubarb. It typically grows to heights of 2 to 5.5 m (6 ft 7 in to 18 ft 1 in). Superficially, it resembles common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium), Heracleum sosnowskyi, or garden angelica (Angelica archangelica). It is phototoxic and considered to be a noxious weed in many jurisdictions. Giant hogweed is native to the Caucasus region and Central Asia. It was introduced to Britain as an ornamental plant in the 19th century, and it has also spread to many other parts of Europe, the United States, and Canada.
The sap of giant hogweed causes phytophotodermatitis in humans, resulting in blisters and scars. These serious reactions are due to the furocoumarin derivatives in the leaves, roots, stems, flowers, and seeds of the plant.
Moon is probably just joking. Being sarcastic.
Whenever there is a clear danger, say like Pit Bulls, there is always somebody saying “That’s not true. There is no danger, only incorrect usage and application.”
oh crap- i just made a survival shelter out of this weed-
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