Somebody’s plans to reap dozens of obvious marijuana vegetation grown on the Wisconsin state Capitol grounds have gone up in smoke.
The vegetation 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 e-mail Friday that staff had eliminated the vegetation, 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 individuals excessive.
Warrick didn’t reply to questions on how the vegetation might need made it into the backyard.
College of Wisconsin-Madison botanist Shelby Ellison, who examined the vegetation for WMTV earlier than they had been eliminated, advised the station that they had been hashish vegetation.
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 vegetation within the backyard, suggesting somebody planted them deliberately.
“It was simply numerous vegetation for it to be something unintentional,” Ellison mentioned.
Marijuana stays unlawful in all kinds 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.