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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDEA warns of stoned rabbits if Utah passes medical marijuana
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.
link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/03/02/dea-warns-of-stoned-rabbits-if-utah-passes-medical-marijuana/
I deal in facts - says the guy who works for the agency that raided someone's okra garden...
The DEA is a redundant and parasitic agency that provides no value to society.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)iscooterliberally
(2,865 posts)We have an FDA. There is no use for the DEA. We could use their entire budget to fix our collapsing bridges, or for just about anything else. Hell if we took their budget and had a bonfire with it, that would be a better use of the funds.
Xipe Totec
(43,892 posts)iscooterliberally
(2,865 posts)Initech
(100,139 posts)Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)a taste for human flesh.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Tell 'em a hookah-smoking caterpillar has given you the call"
iscooterliberally
(2,865 posts)WDIM
(1,662 posts)They are the real freedom hating domestic terrorist.
iscooterliberally
(2,865 posts)uppityperson
(115,681 posts)iscooterliberally
(2,865 posts)Wella
(1,827 posts)GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,540 posts)William769
(55,150 posts)Oh wait...
iscooterliberally
(2,865 posts)William769
(55,150 posts)DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)First, varmints cultivate a taste for marijuana; then, they lose their fear of humans; and then.... they ORGANIZE!
Oh and by the way, Agent "I Deal in Science", raw marijuana does not become psychoactive unless heated. Does this mean the rabbits will also harness fire?
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)I'm more worried about international drug dealers working for the DEA getting off scot free or mysterious circumstances regarding their death or disappearance.
sakabatou
(42,202 posts)iscooterliberally
(2,865 posts)Sorry I couldn't resist. The best thing that the DEA could do is resign. Nothing that they do is necessary or for the public good.
bigtree
(86,016 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)has been reduced to sophomoric comedy.
Abolish the fucking DEA. Smash it to atoms and throw the atoms to the winds.
iscooterliberally
(2,865 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)AND? AND? Must be more to it then high, domesticated rabbits.
I guess he is talking about the Trix Rabbit incident last year. Yeah, he was high.
Alkene
(752 posts)Sorry.
Rex
(65,616 posts)Alkene
(752 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)Sorry, I was way behind the curve on that one.
Man from Pickens
(1,713 posts)to make the DEA's official motto be "beware of stoned rabbits" and force them to put it on all their letterheads and business cards and etch it into the department's logo...
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)No wonder he drops off all of those chocolate Easter eggs!!
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)needs to check in with Colorado. They have rabbits. Are they high? Gosh. Have not heard. I am so concerned!
Xipe Totec
(43,892 posts)oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)Response to iscooterliberally (Original post)
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Go Vols
(5,902 posts)THC releases at 252F or more.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)seveneyes
(4,631 posts)DEA.
frankfacts
(80 posts)Fuckers like him need to get blasted ass first into a low earth orbital prison for eternity