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DreamSmoker

(841 posts)
Wed Feb 8, 2012, 12:46 PM Feb 2012

Tennessee police ignore pot at state official’s home

Authorities in Tennessee are being accused of a coverup after marijuana was found at the house of a state official.

Tennessee police reportedly found marijuana in plain view when they entered the home of Alcoholic Beverage Commission (ABC) Director Danielle Elks to check for intruders.

The commission is in charge of eradicating marijuana in the state in addition to regulating alcohol sales.

An unnamed ABC employee came forward to tell WSMV that it was unfair Elks had not been investigated.

“I grant you, if that had happened to any of us (ABC employees), we would have been made an example of,” the ABC employee said. “We would have been in headlines in the papers, the news, and everywhere else.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/08/tennessee-police-ignore-pot-at-state-officials-home/

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Tennessee police ignore pot at state official’s home (Original Post) DreamSmoker Feb 2012 OP
She was just keeping it around so she knew what it looked like Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #1
Obviously the intruder dropped it. ret5hd Feb 2012 #2
hang on a second d_r Feb 2012 #3
It seems that everyone wants to 'eradicate' weed these days. iscooterliberally Feb 2012 #4

d_r

(6,907 posts)
3. hang on a second
Wed Feb 8, 2012, 02:11 PM
Feb 2012

OK. Let me get this straight. The Charlie Daniel's band's keyboardist's wife is the Tennessee ABC director?

Not that there's anything wrong with it, but that seems sort of a crazy connection.

iscooterliberally

(3,010 posts)
4. It seems that everyone wants to 'eradicate' weed these days.
Wed Feb 8, 2012, 04:01 PM
Feb 2012

So that's what they call it now, 'eradicate' yeah that's the ticket. One toke at a time.

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