If You Find Free, Naturally Occurring Weed In Indiana, For God's Sake Call the Cops

2008_8_21.thanksfornothinghoosiers.jpgThe Indiana Dunes are home to wildly growing marijuana, according to the National Parks Service and Indiana law enforcement. Officials have apparently found plants growing throughout the park and its adjacent properties.

Officials said they aren't sure yet just how many plants are in the 15,000-acre park in northwest Indiana. And—in a straight-faced move—they're asking for the public's help in finding it.

If you find wild marijuana growing in the park, officials ask that you call 800-PARK-TIP.

What's that Girl Scout phrase? "Leaves of three, leave me be, leaves of...hey, pie!" I think that's it. [Trib]

And now, for basically no reason at all, an image from the National Parks Service website that made me chuckle. I'm an easy audience!

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everyone always said that Wild Indiana Sunset is some of the best shit around

As I was bird watching recently at the Dunes I spotted the red breasted warbler through my binoculars. Little did I know that I may have been in the weed capital of Indiana. Oh my! I want nothing to do with all those rabble rousers smoking maryjane dooby cigarette joints. It makes them into sex crazed animals!

first person im calling, is a friend with a pick-up truck.

And then I'm calling to order some pizza.

That sound you hear is my car hauling ass toward the dunes.

Good look you Chicagoans attempting to cross the boarder! All six hundred factions of the white supremacist Indiana militia will be there, half the illegal Mexican population plus numerous Black street gang organizations to claim all that weed given to Indiana by the Lawd!

In other words, make sure your wills are complete before you leave. First they will shoot yall, then they will turn the guns and matchets, brass knuckles, tire irons on themselves.

"officials ask that you call 800-PARK-TIP."

Dude... if I find that, the only place I'm calling is Domino's....

Damn... just realized that HateBrianClub beat me to it... d'oh.

I spent the summer after my freshman year of college working as an intern on a surveying crew. One day we were out surveying in the middle of a corn field in Plainfield (which they were presumably intending to plow over to make room for a subdivision), and we came across this enormous marijuana plant growing alongside the corn. The 50 year old dudes I worked with thought it was the funniest thing they'd ever seen, and proceeded to tear off some leaves to bring back to the office as proof of their story. Thinking better of this idea a few hours later, on the drive up I-55, they ended up throwing it all out the window of the car onto the highway.

My guess is that that particular weed probably wasn't "naturally occurring", however.

"Mother Nature today was arrested by DEA agents after a large quantity of marijuana was found growin in so-called 'natural areas'. "Yeah, she's been growing this stuff wherever the wind blows seeds, that's stopping today" said Agent Noel Richards of the DEA.

Officials estimate the street value at several billion dollars.

Anyone up for a scavenger hunt, I could use the extra credit. ;)

Debbie Downer here.....Hate to burst any bubbles for road trip plans to Indiana, but this "ditchweed" probably doesn't even contain enough THC to get you high.

In that area they grew hemp to make rope during the War and the descendant plants still grow in country roadsides.

check out: www.hempreport.com, it's pretty interesting.

Hate to burst any bubbles for road trip plans to Indiana, but this "ditchweed" probably doesn't even contain enough THC to get you high.

That sounds like a challenge to me.

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