Marijuana crops planted outside Osama Bin Laden's compound

[AllTooEasy]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2011/05/03/2011-05-03_marijuana_crops_planted_at_osama_bin_ladens_compound_farmers_growing_ganja_near_.html

Holy smoke!

It's no wonder the locals in Abbottabad didn't know Osama Bin Laden was living there - they were too busy harvesting their ganja.

Reporters at Bin Laden's million-dollar hideout discovered small plots of marijuana growing in the deserted lots on the compound's perimeter.

The dope plants were planted on three sides of the compound, alongside some less sexy crops such as cabbage and potatoes, CNN reported Tuesday.

Despite Abbottabad's reputation as a military city, the discovery is not surprising.

Pakistan makes about $4 billion a year from drug trafficking - though opium poppy is the drug-runners preferred crop.

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First saw it on CNN last night. Google "Osama Marijuana compound" to have access to hundreds of links.

I bet the Repukes will now say that Weed is a gateway drug to terrorism.

[krabigirl]

1. uh yeah...cannabis grows wild all over Afghanistan and Pakistan.

[elocs]

2. It's all too easy to miss that this story was posted here on GD 2 hours ago:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1037202

[dipsydoodle]

5. Long before that

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1027340

It grows wild in Cyprus too.

[panader0]

3. "dope plants"?

[nebenaube]

4. pssst....

nobody fucking cares!

[Name removed]

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[nebenaube]

9. Because I'm tired of seeing this non-story...

Weed is grown all over Pakistan. It is irrelevant.

[louis-t]

6. Didn't one of his wives say he was a pothead?

I guess she wrote a book.

[alfredo]

7. Hashish is smoked quite a bit in that region.

[Iggo]

10. Pot growing all over the world..

Good.

[ensho]

11. wish I could grow a small crop outside my residence

I have in other places, in other years