Officials told residents of a small Colorado community [Hugo, CO] not to drink or shower in tap water Thursday because one of the town's wells may have been contaminated with THC, marijuana's intoxicating chemical.
[...] Investigators found signs that one of Hugo's five wells had been tampered with, but they hadn't determined whether someone deliberately tainted the water.
Hugo prohibits marijuana cultivation, product manufacturing, testing facilities and retail marijuana stores, although those activities are legal elsewhere in the state.
Peter Perrone, owner of a marijuana testing facility in the Denver area, expressed doubt that THC could be in the water. The chemical isn't water-soluble, he told The Denver Post.
It's unlikely that consuming pot-tainted water would cause lasting health effects, said Mark Salley, a spokesman for the state Department of Public Health and Environment.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 24 2016, @10:45AM
Picture a worldwide campaign to dose the water with MDMA.
And for at least one day, there will be peace on earth.
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Sunday July 24 2016, @11:01AM
Russia may be working on a cobalt bomb. :-)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34797252 [bbc.com]
(Score: 2) by captain normal on Sunday July 24 2016, @06:35PM
Not really...it would just mean millions more hipster zombies instead of just the couple hundred thousand burning man glazed eye zombies that are mostly confined to Northern California, Oregon and Washington state.
When life isn't going right, go left.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 24 2016, @07:51PM
Guilty as charged.