[CPEO-BIF] BIOTA, REUSE: Grass grows at Rocky Mountain Arsenal (CO)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Rocky Mountain High: U.S. Military Didn't Mean to Grow Marijuana!

Shaun Boyd
CBS 4 News (Denver, CO)
September 9, 2009

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. - Military marijuana? The U.S. Army planned to 
cover a chemical weapons site with grass and weed – but not the kind of 
grass and weed that's actually cropping up – the kind that's illegal.

The Army made the unwanted discovery during the cleanup of the Rocky 
Mountain Arsenal northeast of Commerce City, Colo. Part of the cleanup 
includes reseeding some areas. But when that seed started to grow, 
marijuana popped up.

It isn't commercial grade, but it's still an illegal drug. Known as 
ditch weed or feral hemp, it grows wild in some places.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/09/09/crimesider/entry5296843.shtml

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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