Talk:Richard Friar

Biology plant or drug
If it is commercial cannabis then it refers to the drug as there is only a demand for the drug commercially, so why would we link to a biology article rather than one on the drug? If this wasnt the case why link to Cannabis in Australia? I have been analysing hundreds of these cases and am baffled as to why you think we should link to the biology article on the plant for a commercial cannabis grower. If the reader follows the link to the drug article they can understand why ppl like Friar grow cannabis commercially and why govts mostly ban this activity whereas all they will find out from the cannabis article is about the biology of the plant, which I fail to see having any relevance to this article. He is a horticulturist and this means cultivating a plant for human consumption, and the human consumption of cannabis is entirely dealt with in the drug article. ♫ SqueakBox talk contribs 14:08, 6 December 2013 (UTC)


 * The sources explain what he was doing - growing the plant for food and fibre, not THC. This is not like other cases (like in Colorado) where horticulturalists can grow commercial cannabis for consumption as a medical drug. The commercial market in Australia (the legal one) relates to cannabis for food (usually as a supplement) and for fibre (hemp). What little is grown in Australia for pharmaceutical purposes is not grown by people like Friar. Again, have a look at the relevant sources. It relates to Cannabis in Australia because (again, per the sources) he was one of the first to be given a license to grow non-drug cannabis (legally) in his state. Stalwart 111  12:23, 8 December 2013 (UTC)


 * The openiong made him sound like a drug dealer, that was the root of this problem as it was all I read. I have now made it clearer♫ SqueakBox talk contribs 22:55, 8 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Yeah, no problem at all. You made a similar change to other articles on my watch list and those were all fine (they talked about the drug) but this case, per the sources, is a little different. Nice work! Stalwart 111  21:54, 9 December 2013 (UTC)