The Seattle Police Department Will Be Handing Out Doritos At A Pot Festival:

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Frito-Lays is going to get a lot of unexpected free publicity this weekend.

The Seattle Police Department will be handing out 1,000 free 1-ounce bags of Doritos to marijuana enthusiasts at the city's Hempfest on Saturday. It's called "Operation Orange." But really.

One ounce is the maximum legal amount of recreational weed a person can have under the state's new legislation.

The Doritos will also come with a note encouraging people to visit the SPD "Marijwhatnow" online FAQ to learn about initiative 502, which allows the 21-plus crowd to carry recreational pot or edibles.

And if you think that's hilarious, check out the SPD's Twitter handle. It's social media marketing gold!

Here are some of their funniest tweets (often with accompanying pics) to the public.








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Ha!

[Egnever]

1. apparently

When pot is legalized the cops get way cooler!

We need to pass legislation now in the rest of the states!

[B Calm]

2. There are a lot of cops who think it should be legal.

[Egnever]

3. I am sure the majority do

What a colossal waste of their time. I am sure most of them have had enough contact with stoners to realize its silly.

[tridim]

4. I hope it's because they're smoking it.

Cannabis would certainly temper lots of the issues I have with the Police. It's a natural chill-pill.

[tridim]

5. Is it legal to add messages to commercial product packaging?

Not that Frito-Lay cares, obviously, but it's kind of ironic.

I wish I lived in Seattle right now.

[Myrina]

6. This is how 'law enforcement' should interact with the citizens they 'serve and protect' ....

Rather than causing people of all ages and colors to freeze up in fear of being tazed or shot on sight, as is unfortunately the case in so many cities.

Or, in the case of Indianapolis - average citizens here run the risk not only of being tased or shot, but also seriously injured or killed in an accident caused by a drunk-driving-cop.