News:1983-08-12/Eradication/dea-and-georgia-begin-spraying-marijuana-with-paraquat-in-the-chattahoochee-national-forest

NewsEradication12 August 1983

DEA and Georgia begin spraying marijuana with paraquat in the Chattahoochee National Forest

Part of Herbicide spraying in the United States

United Press International reported on 12 August 1983 that Georgia had agreed to begin spraying marijuana fields with paraquat that day, in a state and federal effort against marijuana in six remote areas of national forests. A Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman said that the spraying had begun in northern Georgia; its time and exact place were not disclosed. Governor Joe Frank Harris said that the sprayed areas would be guarded by state and local police for two days and the dead plants destroyed. A federal court in Atlanta later found that the DEA sprayed paraquat in the Chattahoochee National Forest on 12 August 1983. On 15 August it restrained the agency from further spraying in Georgia.

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PlaceGeorgia (U.S. state)United States

AgencyDrug Enforcement Administration; Georgia Bureau of Investigation

Approximate location34.67, -84.24

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• 1 Aug 1990DEA, Hawaii's land department and the National Guard spray and cut marijuana in Operation Wipeout
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• 28 Aug 1982Florida police spray a marijuana field at Red Bay with paraquat

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1983-08-12 Eradication DEA and Georgia begin spraying marijuana with paraquat in the Chattahoochee National Forest United Press International reported on 12 August 1983 that Georgia had agreed to begin spraying marijuana fields with paraquat that day, in a state and federal effort against marijuana in six remote areas of national forests. A Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman said that the spraying had begun in northern Georgia; its time and exact place were not disclosed. Governor Joe Frank Harris said that the sprayed areas would be guarded by state and local police for two days and the dead plants destroyed. A federal court in Atlanta later found that the DEA sprayed paraquat in the Chattahoochee National Forest on 12 August 1983. On 15 August it restrained the agency from further spraying in Georgia. https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/08/12/Pot-fields-sprayed-with-Paraquat/1311429508800/ Herbicide spraying in the United States United States Georgia (U.S. state) 34° 40' 12.00" N, 84° 14' 24.00" W jurisdiction centre Drug Enforcement Administration; Georgia Bureau of Investigation