Posted on 04/01/2019 6:54:48 AM PDT by Red Badger
HOUSTON, Texas — The Drug Enforcement Administration in Houston is looking for a contractor to burn 1,000 pounds of marijuana per hour through September.
The DEA’s posting says the contractor would need to have enough space and resources to burn the marijuana for eight consecutive hours per day. The burns are needed to reduce unneeded evidence from the DEA’s inventory.
The incinerator must burn 1,000 pounds of marijuana per hour, which would be delivered in “bales” or “bricks,” each weighing up to 200 pounds.
DEA agents would accompany the contractor during the burns, and all employees would receive drug tests and background checks. The DEA also requires that the contractor have surveillance cameras over the entire burn area, and DEA agents would access that closed-circuit video.
The posting also requires that the facility have a surrounding fence tall enough to block public view of the burning. The job would take place from March to September.
The DEA sent the following statement to KHOU about the position.
“Although we appreciate local citizens’ willingness to offer their help, this is a complicated, large-scale government contract we’re required by law to bid every few years, and there are usually only a handful of companies with the necessary facilities and resources to help us dispose of this material. While it makes for an interesting headline, the truth is far more prosaic – our agents working across the Houston Division make a huge number of great cases, and as a result, we seize a tremendous amount of illegal drugs. Arranging for the safe and effective destruction of these drugs is just part of the job.”
"Hey, man.. somebody's really talking bad about Roger.."
How about a giant bong?
Yep, I must have listened to that 8-track a million times!.................
Already set up for it.
Those states with lax pot laws went to a lot of trouble to create those monopolies. They must be protected for tax purposes.
Bale it and dump in the ocean.
Wasn’t taxing weed the answer to all our financial woes?
The World largest bong.
The World’s largest bong.
Next to the world’s biggest snack bar.
Indeed, the college students of America would take responsibility for that in a heartbeat. Crowdsmoking.
You could also sell tickets to watch the burning, downwind tickets go for double.
U of Iowa power plant burns oat hulls and other ag-related waste with coal to heat the campus...
You’d think it would be a great opportunity to corner the market and put the peddler’s out of business.
Set up a concession and get it all burned at a tidy profit.
Sheesh, government can’t even make money selling weed it got for free, how sad is that.
Just have daily year round music fests:-)
Wait till the wind is blowing away from civilization and burn the crap. Problem solved.
Non-Stop Woodstock!.......................
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