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Newsbrief:
Marijuana
Candy
Bars
Appear
in
Bay
Area
6/25/04
Eating these munchies could
give you the munchies. A DEA intelligence report in the agency's
Microgram Bulletin is alerting the feds to be on the lookout for candy
bars containing marijuana. Packaged to resemble Snickers and Butterfingers
candy bars, "Stoners" and "Buddafingers" were found to contain 21.6 and
29.8 milligrams respectively of THC, enough to have a significant impact.
Both bars were apparently
manufactured by a mysterious concern called "Tainted Truffle," whose name
or variant appears on both bars. "An Internet search lists 'Tainted
Truffle' (a subtitle on the 'Stoners' candy bar) as a supporting organization
for a California based marijuana legalization lobbying group, with no further
information," the DEA reported. DRCNet could find no such web link.
The Microgram Bulletin noted that several of its readers had inquired as
to the origin of the candy bars, and thoughtfully provided an e-mail address
for anyone who wanted to provide such information.
The "Buddafingers" wrapper
tantalizingly describes the contents: "TaiNTed/Buddafinga/diggety, dankity,
peanut-buttery!" According to the sole consumer report found via
a Google search, the "Stoners" bar was effective, but left something to
be desired in the taste department. "This one was called "STONERS"
(SNICKERS). It had 'Ganja Caramel,"' reported "420Rican," an anonymous
poster on a Howard Stern fan site who reported buying one for $9 in a San
Francisco cannabis cafe. "It also tasted like shit, except for the
chocolate. It had me asleep in about 30 min."
DEA got wind of the cannabis
candy after a defense attorney for a merchant marine who had flunked a
drug test submitted the bars to a Coast Guard lab for testing. But
with the packages bearing a marijuana leaf and the warning, "For Medicinal
Use Only," the Microgram Bulletin could not help but wonder "why anyone
would attempt to present them as an explanation for 'unknowingly' ingesting
THC."
According to DEA, a "Stoners"
bar also showed up earlier this year in western Oklahoma, seized by US
Postal Inspectors keeping an eye on a meth trafficker. The package
it came in was postmarked Southern California.
The Microgram Bulletin also
has lots of other cool stuff. Check out the April issue (the latest
posted) at:
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/mg0404/mg0404.html
For the report on the Oklahoma
candy bar, check out the February issue at:
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/programs/forensicsci/microgram/mg0204/mg0204.html
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