[namkha]

Cops find hybrid variety of marijuana in Himachal
http://www.hindustan...le1-733313.aspx
Aug 2011

Cops trying to seize control of one of Himachal Pradesh's top drug producing regions found new hybrid marijuana plants in remote forest of Malana village in Kullu district. Cops in remote forestland in Parvati valley came across hybrid hemp plants during campaign launched by the state police to destroy cannabis cultivation across the state.

"These plants are smaller in size and have more seeds than other hemp plants that grow in wild" Suprintendent of Police (Narcotics) Dr Vinod Kumar Dhawan told Hindustan Times. "Plants have been genetically improved. It appears so that new strain of hemp had been developed after thorough research and analyses", added Dhawan.

Hemp is traditionally used by villagers to prepare rope and shoes. The hybrid plants found have broader leaves and high content resins that are used for extracting charas.

Discovery of hybrid plants have sent anti-narcotic agencies into tizzy making them believe that drug mafia had scattered seeds of hybrid hemp plants to extract high yield of charas to sell at exorbitant prices in the international market as well in key tourist spots in India, particularly in Goa. To market the local charas, drug peddlers have created their own brands - like black widow Skunk balls, AK-47.

Malana cream -name given to charas extracted from hemp in the forest land of Malana village still remains the most famous. "I cannot say whether it is hybrid hemp but certainly these plants are different" says Superintendent of Police, Kullu, Abhishekh Dhullar, who himself has led the cannabis destruction operation in Malana Village.

Hippies when made this forest lands their transit home in the mid-70s, introduced drug culture in Kullu valley. Drug culture in the valley changed the trend forcing many locals to abandon traditional fruit growing and take up lucrative cannabis cultivation.

Anti- narcotic agencies are struggling to curb the expanding chars trade in the valley that have now drawn peddlers from Nepal. The state police have jointly launched a massive campaign to destroy cannabis. For the first time cases have been registered against at least 20 person under the NDPS act after cops and revenue officials detected cannabis growing in private lands. Further to make cannabis destruction campaign more effective state government allocated Rs. 1 crore under MNREGA for cannabis destruction. Till last month cannabis had been destroyed on 54,000 bighas of forest land across the state.

[cheezychong]

Yeah and Arjan and Franco were seen making a
quick getaway.....Sorry, but could be true

[KingBlueRizla]

Hybrids should remain in peoples tents/greenhouses etc, not replacing the natural strains in the natural environment.

[Ganjasattva]

 KingBlueRizla, on 30 April 2012 - 10:27 AM, said:

Hybrids should remain in peoples tents/greenhouses etc, not replacing the natural strains in the natural environment.

Absolutely correct KingBlueRizla! I could not agree more!!!

[Rinse]

Skunk balls?? Im really cringing right now

This post has been edited by Rinse: 02 May 2012 - 12:09 AM

[Artificial Emotion]

I wonder how long all these landraces will actually end up surviving? It seems like for every one step in the right direction we take we end up taking two steps back. It's so depressing.

[Ganjasattva]

 Artificial Emotion, on 02 May 2012 - 10:18 PM, said:

I wonder how long all these landraces will actually end up surviving? It seems like for every one step in the right direction we take we end up taking two steps back. It's so depressing.

I agree completely.

[moggggys]

hybrid hemp plants ,,,,, what ? a hybrid of what exactly

smaller in size and have more seeds than other hemp plants that grow in wild ,,,, do what now ? if there saying a strain created thanks to selective breeding then yeah and fair enough but the reality is your likely to get areas where the genetic expression is different , this is thanks to a million and 1 things be it micro-climites or wind , this is potentially bollocks , more than likely to be

Discovery of hybrid plants have sent anti-narcotic agencies into tizzy making them believe that drug mafia had scattered seeds of hybrid hemp plants to extract high yield of charas to sell at exorbitant prices in the international market as well in key tourist spots in India,,,,, scattering ? thats not good business practice ,,, lets label that under bollocks

To market the local charas, drug peddlers have created their own brands - like black widow Skunk balls, AK-47.,,,,,, no shit Shurlock , of course they prefer certain keif off certain plants , business is also about consistency , created though ? i doubt that , more likely there just sticking with what they know which can be slightly different to the local stuff thanks to every crop throwing out the same seed again and again , in time its going to be a smaller gentic pool

made up shit i recon

[distracted]

dutch genetic pollution no doubt

[Rinse]

Mogggys I was thinking the same thing, how would local authorities know if its a hybrid or what with all the phenotypes and pollen blowing around,
smaller plants with more seeds could mean anything, not necessarily introduced hybrid genetics.

[distracted]

 Rinse, on 03 May 2012 - 05:30 PM, said:

how would local authorities know if its a hybrid or what with all the phenotypes and pollen blowing around,
smaller plants with more seeds could mean anything, not necessarily introduced hybrid genetics.

I suspect that they probably look markedly different, like the difference that is obvious between a lanky thin leaved sat with loose flowers and a plant with some of the squat, wide leaved, tightly flowering traits form hybrids such as we normally grow



old pic of hybrids and sats both early flower plants, if you had only seen one type before would you instantly recognise then as different?

[Our Man In Malana]

 distracted, on 03 May 2012 - 03:08 PM, said:

dutch genetic pollution no doubt

I wouldn't give a dutch strain or it's hacked DNA a chance in the Himalaya. The local land races have evolved to the local conditions over years, they're probably the best strain for the job.

[Nunsacred]

We should all go out there, put our foot down.
Might find they are growing specifically for cartels/export or even the european travellers who keep demanding AK47 etc on the backpacker trail,
but we'll just educate them
about how evil hybrids eliminate the superior strains that are more vigorous and adapted to the local clime
show them how to wreck plantations where there are species that don't belong
do the local botanic garden for a start as that's full of foreign invaders

it'll be clear that we've got the right motives
especially if we don't share any of our gear or seeds with them
and don't stick around to grow some of this sacred landrace, because it takes too long and I for one have got a nice bit of indica hybrid finishing much sooner back home

[Rolling#]

 distracted, on 03 May 2012 - 03:08 PM, said:

dutch genetic pollution no doubt

thats what i was thinking reading that,

[Gom Jibbar]

 Our Man In Malana, on 03 May 2012 - 06:19 PM, said:

 distracted, on 03 May 2012 - 03:08 PM, said:

dutch genetic pollution no doubt

I wouldn't give a dutch strain or it's hacked DNA a chance in the Himalaya. The local land races have evolved to the local conditions over years, they're probably the best strain for the job.

Quite so. Natural selection kicks the arse off human selection.