Police tried a controlled burn of marijuana from their stations furnace. They miscalculated the wind, and got a goodly portion of the town high.
“Unfortunately…given the conditions [and] the wind I understand the smoke did drift further than anticipated,” Taupo Area Commander Warwick Morehu said. “I apologise on my staff’s behalf to the community and we have already taken measures to change our practice and procedures going forward into the future. It is certainly not our intention to cause harm or alarm to our people in Turangi.”
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back in 67 when i was a young’n, my uncle and my dad walked in the front door one night after work. “Charlie, come here, i gotta show you something.”. It was a warm summer day and when we got near his car i thought i smelled something sweet. He opens the trunk and looks at me. “Whats that? Why is your trunk full of weeds?” I had no clue what it was, only that they looked like weeds. He had to tell me what it was. It was pot and the whole trunk was full of it. Really, i had no clue. Now it sells for 56.00 per 8th ounce in Colorado. Dont ask me how i know.
Hahaha… had the same thing happen in the little town nearby where I live.
The RCMP had been raiding outdoor grow-shows all day and, since they didn’t want a repeat of what happened the year before (someone broke into the cop shop and stole all of the weed) they went to the local sawmill and demanded that they burn it in the big old beehive burner. The mill management told them that it was on idle due to the forest fire hazard and that it would take days to get it up to operating temperature where it would quickly incinerate the contraband. The police insisted that they burn it right away, or else. Not wanting any trouble, they opened the hatch and dumped it in…where it smoldered for days! There was no wind and the entire town was stoned! It was awesome! The nasty old lady at the post office was giggling like a little girl. The Korean store owner was dancing… and a good time was had by all…