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Army Accidentally Grows Pot
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Sep 8, 2009 5:40 pm US/Mountain
Army Accidentally Grows Pot At Rocky Mt. Arsenal
Shaun Boyd
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (CBS4)
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The Army has made an unusual and unwanted discovery at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal northeast of Commerce City.
They are in charge of cleaning up the arsenal, a job that includes reseeding some areas. When their seed started to grow, they realized it was marijuana.
It isn't commercial grade, but it's still an illegal drug. It's called ditch weed or feral hemp, the kind that grows in the wild in some places.
Charlie Scharmin with the U.S. Army is in charge of the cleanup. He said he was quite surprised when he was told marijuana was growing at the arsenal.
"It's not something you expect in an environmental cleanup job," says Scharmin. "It was a little surprising."
Scharmin says they were finishing containment of two large contamination areas at the former chemical weapons production site. He said they laid down rock and clay, then put vegetation on top.
"The specification is that we acquire weed-free mulch from the supplier," explains Scharmin.
The Army blames the supplier for the snafu. It says it bought the mulch for its ground cover from a supplier in Kansas where the low-grade weed is common. Some of it apparently got mixed in with the grass.
The Army made the first discovery of hemp on the property in June. So far they have picked about 100 plants that Scharmin says are low grade. He says they plan to mow, burn or maybe even have bison who roam on the land eat the rest.
"(The) Fish and Wildlife Service does not seem to have any concern about having bison out there (with the plant present)," Scharmin said.
LINK TO VIDEO:
http://cbs4denver.com/local/Army.Rocky.Mountain.2.1171211.html
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