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Subscribe to RSSPolice in Seattle are investigating how a large package of marijuana wound up being delivered to the stock room of a local Kmart store.
Police said the package -- 10 pounds of marijuana wrapped in garbage bags and encircled by packing peanuts and pages from a Korean newspaper soaked with cleaning fluid -- arrived at the store shortly after noon Monday.
Delivery information on the package shows it was originally to be shipped by UPS from Los Angeles to Philadelphia, police said, but it never made it to the City of Brotherly Love.
Instead, the return address was to a longstanding Kmart in the north end of Seattle.
Store employees called police, and the marijuana was placed into evidence.
“Today’s Blue Light Special: 10 Pounds of Weed,” quipped the Seattle PD’s blog headline announcing the marijuana’s seizure in an obvious joke on the chain's venerable in-store sales gimmick. A call to the Seattle Kmart's manager was not answered.
Though owning pot is legal in Washington state, that big of a stash wouldn’t appear to pass the legal sniff test.
Voter-approved Initiative 502 makes it legal for anyone 21 or over to possess up to only an ounce of marijuana, 16 ounces of “solid marijuana-infused product” (pot brownies, cookies and such) or 72 ounces of “marijuana-infused liquid.”
Washington’s Liquor Control Board is working on rules to implement the state’s new recreational marijuana law and faces a Dec. 1 deadline.
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I'll be surprised if the 10 lbs makes it to the "evidence room"
The sooner more states follow Washington and Colorado and end this prohibition and "The war on (some) Plants", then cannabis will be no big deal, use and abuse will drop as seen in Portugal, billions will be saved in not prosecuting and jailing Americans for non-violent personal lifestyle choices, billions more can be raised in taxes, and hemp products for fabrics, plastics, fuel and food will become commonplace. It is only a matter of time!
Pot is no different then gun control. Both just bring out the bad elements of society. Both are no different than prohibition during the 30's.
It was actually headed to a Walmart down the street...They are always trying to undersell the little guys!
I'll guarantee the employees at my local K-mart wouldn't call the police. They'd be out back with it in a flash!
Yes sir, an empty box, smellin' like Mr. Clean ;-)
And the moral of the story is! If you want your weed to get where it is going us fedex not ups.
ROFLMAO...
the Blue light Special was more like a "Dim Bulb Special" for the idiot who turned it in at Kmart !
and the intended receipt-ants were...in the weed eater's section...buying up the brownie mix...at K-Mart...
What are you talking about? It WAS 50 pounds initially!!!
Jersy, according to your logic the same would apply to all illegal substances.
Yup, they're almost exactly alike, expect marijuana, in the thousands of years it's been used in human culture, has never be responsible for a single death. Not one. Guns on the other hand kill 10s of thousands (at minimum) per year.
Other than that, they are almost identical.
LMFAO!
Smith Cassidy
Stoned drivers have killed people and/or been killed themselves.
Stoned people handling guns have shot friends and have shot themselves.
I am all for legalizing pot, but users need to be aware that some things are best done straight.
What is wrong with kmart employees. They called the cops??????????? The cops already have enough dope.
"... 16 ounces of “solid marijuana-infused product” (pot brownies, cookies and such) or 72 ounces of “marijuana-infused liquid.”
...and you stoners bring the undetectables to work and harm others with your misjudgments.
@JOregon
Well that's just silly. You're honestly comparing the heavily documented daily carnage wrought by gun violence to some hypothetical traffic accident caused by marijuana inebriation?
If you're trolling then 10/10 good sir.
And for the love of god MSNBC, either add a delete button or fix that double post bug.
No Joe and#'s
Either YOU are the one trolling or you not paying attention.
I clearly was responding to Smith Cassidy who's post was right above mine:
Sadly that isn't true - - - Maybe you got STONED AND YOU MISSED IT.
I'll be surprised if it wasn't actually 30 lbs....
Kindof like when you hear of the busts on the interstate by state troopers and they're all going crazy on how they confiscated drugs, paraphanelia and OMG, over $20,000 in CASH! (when it was actually more like $250k in cash!)
It is NOT the responsibility of the Federal government to protect us from ourselves. The Government is supposed to protect the citizens from outside attacks and clearly that ain't happening. My feeling is GTFO of state issues and let us handle our own issues. There is no shortage of bigger problems to work on like the F*ing $16 Trillion that has been squandered on useless wars to get the rest of the World to hate Americans and thus delay the message of Freedom. Who really cares if someone chooses to light up a joint in their own home? Is it really really anyone elses business or skin off their azz ?
Border Patrol reports that 130 pounds of marijuana (on average) crosses the Mexican border into the US every hour around the clock. How many hundreds of thousands of acres of pot plants does it take to keep up that rate of delivery, and which members of Congress just conveniently happen to own that much land in Mexico?
I find that odd , 130 lbs per hour . It must be headed for the midwest or further east (I'm from california) . I haven't known anyone for about maybe 15 years or more that would even smoke the buttweed coming up from mexico . Everyone I know that still smokes , gets it from local indoor growers (either a variety of cush or indica ) .
@ #4 backtobasics - ok, let's see - a marijuana plant grown in the sun could easily yield 2 pounds. So 130 pounds = 65 plants per hour. Assuming each plant takes up an area of, oh, 5 feet by 5 feet (to be generous), that means each hour's worth of import = 1625 square feet (25 x 65). An acre has 43,560 sq ft, so 43560/1625=26.8. So one acre supplies one day's worth of imported weed. So if we are to believe the feds (lmao if you do), it takes a mere 365 acres to supply the united states with 130 lbs of pot per hour around the clock. Since Mexico has 487.5 million acres .... under the feds numbers that would mean 365/487,500,000 acres of Mexico is used to grow marijuana. That would be a laughably small area.
Better take off your tin foil hat, no members of congress own land in Mexico growing pot.
BTW, I suspect the 130 lbs per hour figure is so far off base as to be laughable. Probably more like 1300 lbs per hour or more. Even then, it is an immense country and I suspect there is no shortage of politicians in mexico willing to look the other way for a little $$$.
If I were Mexico, I would legalize weed and tell the cartels 'we won't hassle you, we don't care where it goes.' End of the violence over weed in Mexico and it would literally flood the United States. What would our precious little DEA do then? Wring their hands over the demon weed that is coming to turn our children into zombies!!!!
Some of you people need to get a brain and use it.
It is illegal for anyone other than a Mexican to own land in Mexico.
Damn!
Delivery company screwed the pooch on that one.
I wonder if I make a claim that they will let me have my pot back. LOL
It was probably USPS, they can't get anything right.
I believe they call that the "green light" special!
"Attention, K-Mart shoppers!!"
Nice!.. I just found the article, has anyone made a Lay-a-way joke yet
Let's see, I can own a military assault rifle.
But I can only have a small amount of pot in Washington because why? It might hurt somebody?
These old Republicans must go. Their views do not belong in this country any longer.
This is the 21st Century and these old Republican men are living back in the 1800s in their minds.
I believe it is President Obama that has the DEA declare war on medical pot growers and legal pot states. He be an ole white Repug? LOL!
Actually Mac if you bothered to do any research you would know that many of the bureaucrats in the DEA are hold overs from the Bush Administration who still have a hard on for Marijuana. Real winners like Michele Leonhart - who is so stupid that she said that the fact that 1180 children were killed in Mexico in drug related violence in 2009 'is a sign of success in the fight against drugs.' She also asserts that marijuana has no medical benefit despite the fact that the AMA says it does (of course she isn't a doctor and thus has no clue what she is talking about - her academic credentials amount to a degree from Bemidji State Teacher's college, a school best known for its creative writing programs. Certainly a stellar academic background for deciding US drug policy). Not sure what she is smoking other than a desire to keep her job. Sooooo......... thanks for playing. Yet another right wing fail.
Indiana Rick'
And if you do a little checking you'll find that it was the FDR administration that gave us federal marijuana laws to begin with. Hardly a Republican! The problem doesn't have anything to do with who gets elected anymore. The only thing harder to get rid of than a government program is a government agency.
Response from an old Republican: First, before you start ranting, learn the terminology. You cannot own an assault rifle without a Federal license, because it has a selector that allows automatic fire. You can, however, own "assault weapon" that look ugly but is less powerful and less lethal than weapons I own that don't meet the definition. Second, I couldn't care less about how much pot you own or ingest. Must I still go?
Pot is still illegal in every former slave state which were the only states Romney won in the election, last year. In other words, the Republican stronghold.
Obama said he smoked pot, Al Gore smoked it, Bill Clinton smoked it. Obviously, it is not a deterent to becoming President or Vice-President. So, what's the big hold up with legalizing it in states where they put people in chains and beat them with whips?
Indiana, Like the Federal Agencies can step up the war on drugs over President Obama wishes. Even Bush didn't mess with Cali and their medical pot. And the military is doing such a great job ignoring the President. 5 Generals and Admirals went down over their complaints on standing down over Benghazi's while the American Ambassador and seals were murdered.
As a libertarian I am ALL for legalizing ALL drugs. Stupid people will find stupid things to do. I will say if ya smoke 4 or 5 joints a day for 30 to 40 years, it will most likely make you STUPID and Lazy and Paranoid. Just a personal observation. But go ahead and took up.
Industrial Hemp NOW!
Its not us old republicans that said only a small amount of pot. We said no pot. Its the democrats that said how much is legal to posses.
Back off Okeeboy; you know damn well it shoulda been delivered here... lol
Give it up Warren, they are ignoring us; until they are ready to take over anyways. Then this on-line text will come back into play. :-)
They found your pot Whoopi!
Wow finaly something worth going to Kmart for
Find the stoner employee, you've found your suspect.
THE stoner employee? Like there's only one.
At K-Mart? It was long odds that had a non-stoner open the package.
Bitter.
Eventually KMart will be selling this product anyway. Maybe it was a premature delivery?
UPS? ... whatever. Probably cost a lot, I'll betcha.
If they woulda ordered the dope from Amazon, They coulda had their stash shipped free ( and gotton it sooner ) if the dope order was over 25 bucks. Just sayin'...
Attention K-mart shoppers: Oh, wow.....
Later Dude...
Kmart green light !!! Pot on sale $300.00 an ounce !!! Get your's now.
" ATTENTION K MART SHOPPERS!! We're now having a Surprise Blue Light Special in the candy isle....you'll find out why after you get here...."
Im surprised the Kmart employees did not just take it in and go sit under the blue light while inhaling as deeply as they could. 10lb would have been enough to keep employees and customers "happy" for an acceptable amount of time.
This doesn't make sense being pot is legal in Washington. It should be legal in America.
The state of Washington has until Dec. 1, 2013 to come up with laws in regard to pot, following the referendum to legalize it, as yet it is still illegal in the state to carry more than 1 oz. For other states that want to legalize it, consider these things that the state of Washington has to figure out.
1. When is a person legally intoxicated? For drunks we have breathalyzers, but how much pot makes a driver impaired?
2. How will legal pot be sold? The article says infused foods, beverages how much "infusion" should there be?
3. Where will legal pot be sold?
4. For people that say this is "income" for the state...how much state imposed tax should be levied on it? As much as for legal cigarettes?
The law allows for pot to be bought and sold, but you can't just stand on the street corner and smoke it. It can't be consumed in the public view. As yet there is no legal place to purchase pot.
Also at this time there are no legal growers either. How will they be licensed? How much can they grow on their land? Who is going to handle the crop (wholesalers) and how will it be distributed (retailers)?
These are some of the questions that were not addressed by the referendum. I am not sure how it is being handled in Colorado, but it is something to think about.
Vickie--how I see it handled in little ol" Mason county is that the cops pull you over--even if you blow under the legal limit of alcohol--or even if you blow nothing and you act "suspicious" (now who doesn't act suspicious or nervous when being pulled over by the police and questioned?)they give you a DUI and tow your car assuming you are high on pot. Thing is, the police don't give a blood test, a private citizen is not allowed to get their own blood test to prove innocence unless a doctor approves (and what doctor approves over the phone when a person is on the street?). Big money maker for this county--the local judge is known for siding with the police over what a person might say --so $5000 for a lawyer, $280 for towing --and maybe you will have your DUI dropped--otherwise the County gains $5000 in fines, the local drug treatment at least $2,500--not counting for paying into over priced towing companies. Take care--the people who should make us safe are out to make money and using the pot law to make it so.
I meant to say that also the person pulled over had not been smoking pot
Oh--and don't foget even if they find you innocent it still stays on your record for further use if you happen to get pulled over again.
Colorado and Washington are being used as "proving grounds" for legalization. It's a great first step, and no doubt there will be problems along the way. But what a great revenue producer for the government! I'm 46 this year, and really believed this would happen almost twenty years ago! But, it's happening, and I think it's a great day for Americans AND Mexico. Once it's legal everywhere, there will be no pot profits fueling the violence in Mexico, and the gangs here, except crack, etc., but I believe that once pot smokers can come out of our closets, more will be willing to "snitch" on the BAD drug dealers! FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST, THANK GOD IN HEAVEN WE (will be) FREE AT LAST!!
Dan--maybe free at last-I think a long time before you can actually say that--I don't think you must have read my above post about the reality of what is happening now---still a long road for those that smoke and for those that don't (being illegally accused in road side pull overs).
Sell It..............It might help their bottom line.
They need to raise the amount you can have. To grow a years supply during a growing season, you will need to grow more than one ounce. 1 pound is a more realistic number. At least.
It's obvious that Martha Stewert had a hand in this. She needed it for one of her recipes.