DEA warns of stoned rabbits if Utah passes medical marijuana

[iscooterliberally]

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]

1. They must be getting desperate over there. n/t

[iscooterliberally]

2. That's for sure. I would love to see the DEA's demise in my lifetime.

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]

3. Bugs' is not here, man... nt

[iscooterliberally]

4. LOL!

[Initech]

5. I saw The Stoned Rabbits at the Troubadour last week.

[Kalidurga]

6. and they will grow 10 ft tall and get refer madness, leading to...

a taste for human flesh.

[PoliticAverse]

8. "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"

[iscooterliberally]

9. I hope they don't get into the okra too!

[WDIM]

7. End the DEA!

They are the real freedom hating domestic terrorist.

[iscooterliberally]

10. Not just domestic, but worldwide. n/t

[uppityperson]

11. k&r for my favorite headline of the day

[iscooterliberally]

12. Thanks uppityperson! It was mine too. n/t

[Wella]

13. Reefer Rabbit Madness!

[GreatGazoo]

15. "Who Stoned Roger "Reefer" Rabbit"

[Wella]

38. LOL!

[Arkansas Granny]

14. We really need a forum for "You Can't Make This Shit Up"

[William769]

16. Is that anything like Gay marriage & polygamy in Utah?

Oh wait...

[iscooterliberally]

17. Well I would not feel so all alone, even bunny rabbits must get stoned.

[William769]

18. ROFLOL!

[DefenseLawyer]

19. We are paying these morons. Every day.

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]

20. This is ridiculous

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]

21. Don't they have better things to do?

[iscooterliberally]

23. The Bunny Rabbits or the DEA?

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]

22. natural instincts gone

[hifiguy]

24. Wow, the wholly owned government wing of the prison-industrial complex

has been reduced to sophomoric comedy.

Abolish the fucking DEA. Smash it to atoms and throw the atoms to the winds.

[iscooterliberally]

25. +1 on that hifiguy. n/t

[Rex]

26. So what is the FUD here then? Stoned rabbits that are domesticated doesn't scare me.

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]

27. Reefer induces serial murders.

Sorry.

[Rex]

29. Oh sure! It is a well documented fact.

[Alkene]

31. Cereal, serial....get it? Trix, a breakfast cereal.

[Rex]

32. Ha I thought you were pulling my leg!

Sorry, I was way behind the curve on that one.

[Man from Pickens]

28. Some Rep from CO ought to file legislation

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]

30. The Easter rabbit smokes pot in Utah?!?

No wonder he drops off all of those chocolate Easter eggs!!

[oldandhappy]

33. 'I deal in facts' guy

needs to check in with Colorado. They have rabbits. Are they high? Gosh. Have not heard. I am so concerned!

[Xipe Totec]

39. Everything is a mile high in Colorado. nt

[oldandhappy]

40. Ya got me!

[Go Vols]

35. lol

"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.

THC releases at 252F or more.

[Generic Other]

36. Don't bogart that okra

[seveneyes]

37. The Dope, it's in the ...

DEA.

[frankfacts]

41. The asshole is a garden stomper and thief

Fuckers like him need to get blasted ass first into a low earth orbital prison for eternity