A favorite destination in years past. Now a part of America essentially "out of bounds".
1 posted on
07/19/2002 8:00:11 AM PDT by
SJackson
To: SJackson
I've seen these cacti show up at various farmers' markets in a couple of states. They are also seen in many Phoenix yards, symbols of greed.
2 posted on
07/19/2002 8:03:20 AM PDT by
ofMagog
To: *Wod_list
More casualties in the War On (some) Drugs: organ pipe cacti. How much collateral damage is too much? Decriminalization would end this destruction.
3 posted on
07/19/2002 8:11:39 AM PDT by
coloradan
To: SJackson
In many cases, seriously dehydrated hikers destroy cactuses to get to their stored water supplies. Smuggle dope, smuggle illegals, thats bad, yadda yadda, but chop up a cactus to get a drink in the desert, and you are going to jail.
We have rangers with night vision, body armor, and M16's to see that you get what's coming to you.
5 posted on
07/19/2002 8:27:18 AM PDT by
marron
To: SJackson
I have heard that Organ Pipe is one of those UN International Peace Parks. So much for peace there.
7 posted on
07/19/2002 8:50:58 AM PDT by
TigersEye
To: SJackson
Either legalize pot or start protecting our borders from this scum by using our military.
9 posted on
07/19/2002 9:07:51 AM PDT by
billyhill
To: SJackson
Who would want to smuggle organ pipes?
To: SJackson
The article doesn't explain why the smugglers are carrying marijuana instead of cocaine. Cocaine has a higher value-per-pound rate than MJ, so you'd think that smuggling coke would make more sense financially.
But this article is more proof that MJ should be legalized to remove the profit motive.
16 posted on
07/19/2002 10:12:33 AM PDT by
etcetera
To: SJackson
Both strategies pose dangers to smugglers, rangers, park visitors, and perhaps most of all, to the park's fragile desert ecosystem.Oh, the lovely fragile desert. The cursed, rainless place where only the hideous and freakishly mutated survive. WTF is this, an episode of "Captain Planet"?
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