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Parents who use okra have kids who use okra.
http://breakingnewsindex.com/heavily-armed-drug-cops-raid-retirees-garden-seize-okra-plants-washington-post-blog/
"Georgia police raided a retired Atlanta man’s garden last Wednesday after a helicopter crew with the Governor’s Task Force for Drug Suppression spotted suspicious-looking plants on the man’s property. A heavily-armed K9 unit arrived and discovered that the plants were, in fact, okra bushes.
The officers eventually apologized and left, but they took some of the suspicious okra leaves with them for analysis. Georgia state patrol told WSB-TV in Atlanta that “we’ve not been able to identify it as of yet. But it did have quite a number of characteristics that were similar to a cannabis plant.”
Indeed! Like cannabis, okra is green and it has leaves.
Okra busts like these are good reason for taxpayers to be skeptical about the wisdom of sending guys up in helicopters to fly around aimlessly, looking for drugs in suburban gardens. And that’s not to mention the issue of whether we want a society where heavily-armed cops can burst into your property, with no grounds for suspicion beyond what somebody thought he saw from several hundred yards up in a helicopter.
Marijuana eradication programs, like the one that sent the helicopter up above the Georgia man’s house, are typically funded partly via the Drug Enforcement Agency’s Cannabis Eradication Program. Many of these funds come from the controversial asset forfeiture programs, which allow law enforcement officials to seize property from citizens never even charged – much less convicted – of a crime.
The Cannabis Eradication programs have historically inflated the size of their hauls by including non-psychoactive “ditchweed” in their totals of plants seized. In past years, ditchweed accounted for up to 98 percent of seized outdoor plant totals. According to the ONDCP, ditchweed still makes up an unspecified percent of outdoor plants seized.
It is also unclear how many of the seized plants are actually okra."
"Georgia police raided a retired Atlanta man’s garden last Wednesday after a helicopter crew with the Governor’s Task Force for Drug Suppression spotted suspicious-looking plants on the man’s property. A heavily-armed K9 unit arrived and discovered that the plants were, in fact, okra bushes.
The officers eventually apologized and left, but they took some of the suspicious okra leaves with them for analysis. Georgia state patrol told WSB-TV in Atlanta that “we’ve not been able to identify it as of yet. But it did have quite a number of characteristics that were similar to a cannabis plant.”
Indeed! Like cannabis, okra is green and it has leaves.
Okra busts like these are good reason for taxpayers to be skeptical about the wisdom of sending guys up in helicopters to fly around aimlessly, looking for drugs in suburban gardens. And that’s not to mention the issue of whether we want a society where heavily-armed cops can burst into your property, with no grounds for suspicion beyond what somebody thought he saw from several hundred yards up in a helicopter.
Marijuana eradication programs, like the one that sent the helicopter up above the Georgia man’s house, are typically funded partly via the Drug Enforcement Agency’s Cannabis Eradication Program. Many of these funds come from the controversial asset forfeiture programs, which allow law enforcement officials to seize property from citizens never even charged – much less convicted – of a crime.
The Cannabis Eradication programs have historically inflated the size of their hauls by including non-psychoactive “ditchweed” in their totals of plants seized. In past years, ditchweed accounted for up to 98 percent of seized outdoor plant totals. According to the ONDCP, ditchweed still makes up an unspecified percent of outdoor plants seized.
It is also unclear how many of the seized plants are actually okra."
If gumbo isnt one of the 5 or 6 major food groups, we are definitely doing it wrong. I'm pretty sure I never had bad gumbo and I haven't even eaten it in Louisiana.
Without okra there'd be no gumbo !
We grew okra and dried it to use as a thickener in stews.
We grew okra and dried it to use as a thickener in stews.
Well, I have to agree that if it's not cooked right, it tends to get very slimy and disgusting, at which point it should be illegal. But a cannabis look-a-like? It's a plant with green leaves - I think that's about as close as it gets...
I hope the poor gardener got paid for the okra they destroyed - I'm told it's not that easy to grow!!
I hope the poor gardener got paid for the okra they destroyed - I'm told it's not that easy to grow!!
I love fried okra, problem is no one else likes it so I rarely have it :)
Pickled okra might be the best thing since sliced bread.
This is so funny! Thank you for the laugh!
Did you hear how Firestone eradicated Ebola near Liberia?
Of course they had total control over their area. They have over 8,000 employees. As soon as the first person got sick they mobilized, set up isolation, procedures etc.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/10/08/ebola-firestone-liberia/16908853/
Did you hear how Firestone eradicated Ebola near Liberia?
Of course they had total control over their area. They have over 8,000 employees. As soon as the first person got sick they mobilized, set up isolation, procedures etc.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/10/08/ebola-firestone-liberia/16908853/
Have you ever tasted okra? Other than in the fried form, it SHOULD be illegal. (kidding, it's not THAT bad).
Idiots.... Apparently these people are not to be able to identify the plants they are going after? Pffft.... more government is the answer. More people like these guys making calls that potentially ruin lives.
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