Don't Let Congress Poison People
- by: Drug Policy Alliance
- recipient: U.S. Senate
Congress is considering reviving research on toxic fungi for use as biochemical weapons for fighting the drug war. The House has authorized, and the Senate is considering, a proposal to revive research on the use of toxic mold-like fungi called "mycoherbicides" to kill drug crops in countries such as Colombia and Afghanistan.
Mycoherbicides have already been rejected as far too unpredictable and unsafe for drug control by every U.S. government agency that has studied them, including the Central Intelligence Agency, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the State Department, and the Department of Agriculture. The toxins these fungi produce have even been "weaponized" - tested, mass-produced and stockpiled in the past by the major powers for use as chemical warfare agents.
Research has shown that these killer fungi are harmful to the workers who handle them; can mutate and attack non-target crops, such as food and licit drug crops and even animals; be persistent in the environment for years so that little can grow where they have been applied; and are ineffective against resistant drug crop strains.
The bottom line is that the U.S. government should not support the use of a product on our neighbors which it would not use domestically. Let your Senators know that renewed mycoherbicide research is both unnecessary and dangerous! Sign this petition.
Mycoherbicides have already been rejected as far too unpredictable and unsafe for drug control by every U.S. government agency that has studied them, including the Central Intelligence Agency, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the State Department, and the Department of Agriculture. The toxins these fungi produce have even been "weaponized" - tested, mass-produced and stockpiled in the past by the major powers for use as chemical warfare agents.
Research has shown that these killer fungi are harmful to the workers who handle them; can mutate and attack non-target crops, such as food and licit drug crops and even animals; be persistent in the environment for years so that little can grow where they have been applied; and are ineffective against resistant drug crop strains.
The bottom line is that the U.S. government should not support the use of a product on our neighbors which it would not use domestically. Let your Senators know that renewed mycoherbicide research is both unnecessary and dangerous! Sign this petition.
Dear Senator,
As you may know, the House of Representatives recently passed H.R. 2829, the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006, and the Senate will soon be drafting its own version of the bill. I urge you to not support the House version in its current form.
[your comment here]
I request that you not support the bill because contained within the House version of the ONDCP Reauthorization Act is language requiring ONDCP to initiate research into the use of mycoherbicides against drug crops in foreign countries. Mycoherbicides are mold-like fungi that attack plants and other life forms, including mammals. The use of mycoherbicides has been rejected by every U.S. government agency that has studied them, including the Department of Agriculture, the State Department, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
In regards to studying the use of mycoherbicides, White House Drug Czar John Walters said, if you are going to do this in a democratic environment, you have to have the peoples confidence that it is safe Mycoherbicides were shown to be harmful to the workers who handled them; toxic to non-target crops, such as food, flower, and licit drug crops; persistent in the environment for months or years; and ineffective against resistant coca strains.
The bottom line is that the U.S. government should not support the use of a product on our neighbors which it would not use domestically. I strongly urge you to not support any language which allows the use of this extremely dangerous substance in foreign countries.
[your name]
[your address]
Sign PetitionSign PetitionAs you may know, the House of Representatives recently passed H.R. 2829, the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006, and the Senate will soon be drafting its own version of the bill. I urge you to not support the House version in its current form.
[your comment here]
I request that you not support the bill because contained within the House version of the ONDCP Reauthorization Act is language requiring ONDCP to initiate research into the use of mycoherbicides against drug crops in foreign countries. Mycoherbicides are mold-like fungi that attack plants and other life forms, including mammals. The use of mycoherbicides has been rejected by every U.S. government agency that has studied them, including the Department of Agriculture, the State Department, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
In regards to studying the use of mycoherbicides, White House Drug Czar John Walters said, if you are going to do this in a democratic environment, you have to have the peoples confidence that it is safe Mycoherbicides were shown to be harmful to the workers who handled them; toxic to non-target crops, such as food, flower, and licit drug crops; persistent in the environment for months or years; and ineffective against resistant coca strains.
The bottom line is that the U.S. government should not support the use of a product on our neighbors which it would not use domestically. I strongly urge you to not support any language which allows the use of this extremely dangerous substance in foreign countries.
[your name]
[your address]
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