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DEA warns of stoned rabbits if Utah passes medical marijuana
Washington Post ^ | March 02, 2015 | Christopher Ingraham

Posted on 03/02/2015 1:19:28 PM PST by Ken H

Utah is considering a bill that would allow patients with certain debilitating conditions to be treated with edible forms of marijuana. If the bill passes, the state's wildlife may "cultivate a taste" for the plant, lose their fear of humans, and basically be high all the time.

That's according to testimony presented to a Utah Senate panel (time stamp 58:00) last week by an agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration.

"I deal in facts. I deal in science," said special agent Matt Fairbanks, who's been working in the state for a decade. He is member of the "marijuana eradication" team in Utah. Some of his colleagues in Georgia recently achieved notoriety by raiding a retiree's garden and seizing a number of okra plants.

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Fairbanks said that at some illegal marijuana grow sites he saw "rabbits that had cultivated a taste for the marijuana. ..." He continued: "One of them refused to leave us, and we took all the marijuana around him, but his natural instincts to run were somehow gone.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cannabis; marijuana; pot; wod
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1 posted on 03/02/2015 1:19:28 PM PST by Ken H
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To: Ken H

Rabbits...naw...no problems

The Elk and some of the other larger mammals could pose a significantly more important threat


2 posted on 03/02/2015 1:20:53 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Ken H

This is the best argument they can come up with? Wow, the worm really has turned.


3 posted on 03/02/2015 1:22:04 PM PST by discostu (The albatross begins with its vengeance A terrible curse a thirst has begun)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Get munchies - harvest Elk steaks.


4 posted on 03/02/2015 1:22:14 PM PST by Scrambler Bob (Bo: capitalized is the dog.)
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To: Ken H
I got news for 'em.....MJ has been growing wild for thousands and thousands of years. I've never, once, seen a stoned rabbit.

There WAS, however, a small-town tempest in a teapot in my hometown when it was discovered growing (wild) in the field behind the police station. :-)

5 posted on 03/02/2015 1:22:36 PM PST by wbill
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To: Ken H

He is an idiot. You have to either smoke or cook marijuana to release the THC. I don’t see rabbits figuring out how to do that.


6 posted on 03/02/2015 1:22:48 PM PST by proxy_user
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To: Ken H

Linda Ronstadt is much more worried about Stoned Ponies!


7 posted on 03/02/2015 1:23:33 PM PST by lee martell (The sa)
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To: Ken H

Always nice to see a government parasite thrashing about in the final death throes of losing his job.


8 posted on 03/02/2015 1:24:36 PM PST by Wolfie
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To: Ken H

It WOULD explain the wrong turn at Albequerque! Now we KNOW “what’s up, doc?”


9 posted on 03/02/2015 1:26:05 PM PST by knittnmom (Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
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To: Ken H
Bugs Bunny photo: Bugs Bunny bugs.jpg
10 posted on 03/02/2015 1:27:13 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Monkey Face; Darksheare

Rabbits. Utah.


11 posted on 03/02/2015 1:28:51 PM PST by Tax-chick (Wash, rinse, dry, put away.)
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To: Ken H

Our next door neighbors questioned us about our okra but they did not call the cops.
I think they were disappointed when I gave them some pods.


12 posted on 03/02/2015 1:28:56 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy, and he is us.)
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“Some of his colleagues in Georgia “

Imagine Jimmy Carter facing voracious marijuana-crazed rabbits! He’s not as spry as used to be...


13 posted on 03/02/2015 1:29:38 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: Ken H

Uh oh...better watch out...they just might grow antlers and go on murderous rampages!!!!! The legend of the weed smoking jackalope! Reefer madness...it’s hare raising!!!!


14 posted on 03/02/2015 1:29:49 PM PST by dware (The GOP is dead. Long live Conservatism.)
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To: Ken H
THE HORROR!!!


15 posted on 03/02/2015 1:30:04 PM PST by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!")
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To: Wolfie
Always nice to see a government parasite thrashing about in the final death throes of losing his job.

If you've lost Utah...

16 posted on 03/02/2015 1:30:56 PM PST by Ken H (DILLIGAF)
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To: Ken H
I would be more worried about cougars on crack than weed wabbits.
17 posted on 03/02/2015 1:34:08 PM PST by KarlInOhio (Darth Obama on 529 plans: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.)
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To: Repeal The 17th

You ever try smoking Okra through a glass bong? I hear it aint easy, and gets messy really quick. Even worse when it’s been cooked./


18 posted on 03/02/2015 1:34:34 PM PST by lee martell (The sa)
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To: Ken H

And if you go chasing rabbits
And you know you’re going to fall
Tell ‘em a hookah smoking caterpillar
Has given you the call to
Call Alice
When she was just small


19 posted on 03/02/2015 1:36:36 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Ken H

Jack Rabbits are gonna be slower.


20 posted on 03/02/2015 1:39:27 PM PST by Paladin2
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