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?9-1-1? How Much Pot Can I Grow??

By Jack Huber

Can one man set the legalization of marijuana movement back a decade? That depends on how they define ?emergency? in Connecticut. Robert Michelson really needed to know how much trouble he could get into for growing one marijuana plant. So the 21-year-old decided to do what his mommy had instructed him to do in case of emergency all those years ago. He dialed 9-1-1 to find out. Give yourself a treat by listening to his actual phone call. As it slowly, slowly, oh so painfully slowly dawned on him that the operator was not interested in helping him as much as she was in apprehending him, Robert got wise and hung up. Sadly, he had made the call from his home and the police were soon confiscating his ganja garden and hauling him in. It's still unclear whether Mr...continue to full post

Full post as published by Bizarre Crimes of the Week on February 10, 2011 (boomark / email).