December 28, 2010

Not content with having possession of real marijuana against the law in the state of Florida, the bright lights in the Florida senate and house are considering two bills that would make fake Mary Jane illegal, too, according to the Florida Times-Union. Makes you wonder what they are smoking ….

Sen. Stephen Wise, R-Jacksonville, and state Rep. Janet Adkins, R-Fernandina Beach, have filed identical bills in the House and Senate that would make the individual ingredients that make up the pretend pot — which is sold as “incense” — illegal. The stuff is described as dried herbs sprayed with chemicals, and it’s labeled not for human consumption.

The federal Drug Enforcement Administration has already announced that it is declaring the five main ingredients illegal for a period of one year while it studies the deceptive dope’s effects on human people. Not content to let the federal government do its job, the lawmakers are determined to outlaw the fakey whacky tobacky on the state level first.

Ironically, the stuff was created by John Huffman (huff-man, get it?), a researcher at South Carolina’s Clemson University, who was studying the effects of THC — the mellow in Jamaican yellow — on the brains of humans. Huffman maintains that the Jacksonville sinsemilla is not fit for human consumption, either.

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Day: December 28, 2010

Florida Legislature Set to Make Fake Pot Illegal

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Verbatim

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Numerati

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$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

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