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Paraquat is a toxic herbicide sprayed on Mexican marijuana to halt its growth. The City Council approved a marijuana testing proposal on Monday which would grant power to the city health commissioner, university and other research facilities to test for marijuana contaminated by paraquat...
Because it is estimated that only 10 per cent of the marijuana in Massachusetts is from Mexico, the Massachusetts Public Health Department will test for paraquat in marijuana throughout Massachusetts to determine whether the existence of the chemical warrants a state-wide testing program, Knox said...
Although it is proven the effects of heavy paraquat ingestion are severe, the effects of low concentrations of the chemical are unknown, Dr. David Kinlock, deputy commissioner of public health, said yesterday. "As it looks now," Kinlock added, "most marijuana users will not be exposed to heavy doses of paraquat...
...FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S revelation last March that significant quantities of Mexican-grown marijuana entering the United States have been contaminated with the potentially lethal herbicide paraquat has sparked a nationwide controversy over the steps that should be taken to respond to the possible danger. Cambridge health officials and administrators took the initiative in responding to the problem and have thereby involved the city in a dispute with the state of Massachusetts over governmental jurisdiction. The city and its officials have already received a pledge from Harvard to supply technical staff to the city's proposed paraquat testing program--the bone...
Cambridge health officials announced last Friday that a laboratory in Cambridge City Hospital will begin testing samples of confiscated marijuana within the week, arousing the opposition of the state Public Health Department on the grounds that possession of marijuana in Massachusetts remains a criminal offense and should not be tested for "drug peddlers" seeking a "certification to sell marijuana." City officials reply that the purpose of the proposed testing is to determine how widespread contaminated marijuana is in Cambridge. The City of Cambridge has decided to appeal directly to the governor, and Dukakis should follow the lead of California...