“I deal in facts. I deal in science,” said special agent Matt Fairbanks
Whada maroon.
1. The leaves & stems which a rabbit or other animal might eat are about as intoxicating as the sweat on a beer bottle.
2. The intoxicating flowers of the plant are sticky & pungent, repelling most birds & animals from the enclosed seeds, a natural deterrent like thorns.
3. The flowers are intoxicating only in the last month of growth, ending when seeds are produced & the plant dies. Naturally, animals want the seeds, but this is when the plant is most sticky & stinky. Yet even brushing by a young plant will stink you up good, something a predator can smell a mile away.
If the animals don’t know this, they soon will, just as they know of many other plants to avoid. The woods are full of poisonous plants, yet the rabbits & deer thrive.
Every summer “volunteer” marijuana pops up all over the USA. Arkansas ditch weed is famous - they say you can pick it on the side of the road, but it wont get you high. So, US wildlife is probably very familiar with the plant.
This DEA agent, like all the rest, is just protecting his livelihood by spouting nonsense. If the WOD ever ends he will become a meat, light bulb, & outdoor grill confiscator.
LOL!