antiweed

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ weed

Adjective

antiweed (not comparable)

1. Opposing or countering weeds (unwanted plants).
   • 2002, Clinton Lorne Evans, The war on weeds in the Prairie West: an environmental history:

     Unfortunately for Fletcher's antiweed crusade and western farmers in general, this time had already passed.

   • 2003, Matthew J. Lindstrom, Hugh Bartling, Suburban sprawl: culture, theory, and politics:

     For example, the creation of historical preservation districts or the passage of antiweed ordinances can be used to preserve a desired rural character.

   • 2006, Vaclav Smil, Transforming the twentieth century: technical innovations and their consequences:

     ...in the year 2000 it was still the third most widely used antiweed compound in North America.

2. Opposing or countering weed (marijuana).
   • 1974, Jerry Kamstra, Weed, Harper & Row, →ISBN, page 189:

     In recent years, the sophistication of the antiweed forces both within Mexico and along the border has necessitated a specialization on the part of those involved in smuggling and dealing.

   • 2009, I. M. Stoned, Weed, Adams Media, →ISBN, page 93:

     Okay, so even though the guy is antiweed—after all, Ben Stone (Seth Rogen) does quit smoking weed at the end of Knocked Up—Judd Apatow’s work appeals deeply to the stoner sensibility.

   • 2010, Will B. High, Weed-o-pe-dia, Adams Media, →ISBN, page 16:

     A large part of modern conservative antiweed sentiment is informed by the lingering influence of Anslinger's dishonest fearmongering.

   • 2016, Joe Dolce, Brave New Weed, Harper Wave, →ISBN, page 18:

     Utah was the first US state to criminalize the use and possession of cannabis. Whitebread and Bonnie first presumed that this was due to the immigrant invasion, but further investigation revealed that Utah had only a tiny Mexican population. The antiweed laws were more influenced by that other American intoxicant, religion.

   • 2021, Benjamin T. Smith, The Dope‎, W. W. Norton & Co., →ISBN:

     The Americans were also concerned. They had introduced their first national antiweed legislation—the Marihuana Tax Act—just a year earlier.

   • 2022, Robin S. Goldstein, Daniel A. Sumner, Can Legal Weed Win?, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 22:

     Illegal weed tended to be more expensive where antiweed enforcement was more vigorous.