Kudzu, the plant, is the Samuel L. Jackson of the plant world. "Hand me my chlorophyll," it'll say, "it's the one that says 'bad mutha' on it." In the South it's unavoidable. Whole forests are landscaped in Kudzu, Kudzu reclines in the living rooms, and slow moving cars are gangraped by the stuff.
But now it might be up against a more serious opponent than ever before.
CNN reports that you can get a buzz from it.
Most of the article seems ludicrous. Having Whiskey around has never prevented people from being heavy drinkers, so it's unlikely that anyone will cut back after rolling some Kudzu.
And, yeah, I'm thinking that once people find out you can get a buzz from this plant, it's unlikely that it will remain safe from the axes of crazed drug users. And I don't want the FDA or the ATF getting involved.
I'll grant that drug use is bad, but Kudzu hurts something fierce. It grows fast and aggressively kills other plants, crippling the South's ability to grow pretty much anything. From an economic standpoint, killing off Kudzu would be a boon of untold value... confining just a few samples to the CDC labs for study on viral growth.
On the other hand, it explains why southern squirrels act different than others.
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On a side note, Kudzu has been considered, by my friends, as a weapon of war, and transporting it across some state lines is illegal.
God knows how the Hawaiians would react, but I bet it wouldn't be good.
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