MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Somebody’s plans to reap dozens of obvious marijuana crops grown on the Wisconsin state Capitol grounds have gone up in smoke.
The crops sprouted in a tulip backyard exterior the Capitol, WMTV-TV reported Thursday.
Tatyana Warrick, a spokeswoman for the state Division of Administration, advised The Related Press in an electronic mail Friday that staff had eliminated the crops, however that her company couldn’t decide in the event that they had been marijuana or hemp. Each are types of hashish, however solely marijuana has the compound that will get folks excessive.
Warrick didn’t reply to questions on how the crops might need made it into the backyard.
College of Wisconsin-Madison botanist Shelby Ellison, who examined the crops for WMTV earlier than they had been eliminated, advised the station that they had been hashish crops. However she advised The Related Press on Friday that she couldn’t say for sure whether or not they had been marijuana or hemp.
She mentioned there have been dozens of the crops within the backyard, suggesting somebody planted them deliberately.
“It was simply numerous crops for it to be something unintended,” Ellison mentioned.
Marijuana stays unlawful in all varieties in Wisconsin. Meeting Republicans launched a invoice final session that will have legalized marijuana for medical functions, however they couldn’t muster assist amongst their state Senate counterparts and the measure by no means obtained a listening to.