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Firefighters Get High Off Marijuana Smoke

PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 4:01 pm
by Ian
Nope.. this isn't an Onion article. I read this on CNN's website.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/22/pot.bl ... index.html

Firefighters who spent half an hour fighting a blaze in which 2,000 pounds of marijuana went up in smoke breathed so much of it that they would have failed a drug test, a fire chief said.

It took more than 35 firefighters, 1,000 gallons of water and five gallons of chemical suppressant to extinguish the warehouse blaze on Wednesday, Fire Chief Shawn Snider said.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were investigating the origin of the drugs.

The Hidalgo County fire marshal was investigating whether arson was the cause.

Snider said Thursday the firefighters were exposed to so much marijuana smoke that they would not be able to pass a drug test, despite wearing air packs to prevent them from inhaling toxic or hazardous fumes.

PostPosted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 3:44 am
by Dartman
OH man, you gonna eat that... 8) said like the cop in up in smoke...

PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:36 pm
by LoneWolf
Immediately after, the fire brigade traveled to the nearest 7-Eleven and bought them out of every brand of chips available. ;)