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[Bill Mullins]

> > So the far more "important" term from _Dune_, the word _spice_, is also not included in HDSF.
> >

1976 G. Lucas _Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope [shooting script] 15 Jan

We'll be sent to the spice mine of Kessel or smashed into who knows what!

https://imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Wars-A-New-Hope.html

The wookieepedia entry for "spice" gives much more of the use of the term in the Star Wars universe:

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Spice



1985 Home Computing Weekly 9 Apr 32/3

They say the spice mines of Arkesia are very nice!

https://archive.org/details/home-computer-weekly-magazine-new/HomeComputerWeekly-107/page/32/mode/1up?q=%22spice+mines%22



1989 B. Myers  The Not-So-Great Escape 11

I’d been busy doing my usual cosmic crime stuff throughout fourteen star systems (talk about overworked!): hijacking Diamel freighters the planet Zirconia, pillaging spice mines on planet Paprika, stealing the sacred singing stones of Jagger Moon . . . not returning an overdue book from the public library in Cleveland.

https://archive.org/details/notsogreatescape0000myer/page/11/mode/1up?q=%22spice+mines%22



2004 M. Kingman Mira and the Night Dance  in Measure 92

It never intended to be her flying carpet, taking her to see spice mines and birds of paradise.

https://archive.org/details/Measure-2003-2004/page/n92/mode/1up?q=%22spice+mines%22



2009 Bradford UK  Telegraph and Argus 7/1

Retired police chief Les Vasey says Spice -- a man-made drug with a similar effect to cannabis -- is just the "tip of the iceberg" of a whole new trend of legal designer substances.

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1177969150/?search-id=b2db8c40-a778-4612-944c-21a47fabdc15&search-rank=26&terms=spice%22&match=1




2014 Newport News Daily Press 15 Aug A6/2

The majority of cases members of this department investigate involve marijuana, cocaine and heroin, although they are seeing their fair share of cases involving drugs such as bath salts, Spice, methamphetamines and pharmaceuticals, according to Brian Meinweiser, who works in the department.

https://www.newspapers.com/image/270223287/?match=1&terms=%22spice%22&search-id=b3d91f4f-0db5-4f5e-b6a6-39f33ec37050&search-rank=88




2022 Ventura County Star 11 Oct A11/4

Any family found to have more than one decorative gourd will be sentenced to one month in the pumpkin-spice mines of central Illinois and will be banned from burning scented candles for no fewer than two holiday seasons.

https://www.newspapers.com/image/888351339/?match=1&terms=%22spice%20mines%22&search-id=b3d91f4f-0db5-4f5e-b6a6-39f33ec37050&search-rank=10



2026 Utica Observer-Dispatch 1 Sep A1/1

And we've recently issued a public health order dealing with synthetic cannabinoids, like K2, Spice, and other products that are being illegally sold in unmarked packages.

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1379426669/?match=3&terms=spice%20kratom&search-id=8433fa99-81fb-4598-8bc3-ad68e42e53e5&search-rank=6



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