Paul Harvey -- years ago -- reported a story from the Pacific Northwest. Authorities had seized several large stashes of marijuana in a coordinated operation. When the legal processes were done, prosecutors were left with the dilemma of what to do with several hundred pounds of mj. They couldnt bury it -- users would likely just dig it up. They couldnt hold a bonfire -- users would just stand downwind and inhale deeply. The Environmental Protection Agency had just finished work on an experimental incinerator. It had a 300 foot smokestack with special electrostatic scrubbers that were supposed to remove most, if not all, of the THC. It sounded like the ideal solution to the problem. So, under heavy police guard, the no longer needed evidence was trucked to the EPA site and was burned. All went well except for one thing. The day the marijuana was burned was the day the rare and endangered species arctic tern began its southward migration along the west coast of the Americas. Naturalists noted a number of the birds flew through the plume of smoke belching from the smokestack and began to fly erratically. Scientists were able to catch and examine several specimens. They were able to drawn an obvious conclusion: Of all the birds that flew through the smoke, there was not one tern left un-stoned.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 22:39:06 +0000
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