Dozens of cannabis plants secretly planted on Wisconsin Capitol lawn removed

A cannabis plant planted on the Wisconsin Capitol lawn amidst tulips was recently discovered by the authorities of the state where this type of plant is prohibited due to the hallucinogenic effects it produces in people who usually consume it through different varieties.

During their last Assembly session, Republicans introduced a bill that would have legalized the variety of cannabis that contains the marijuana compoundwhich would open the door to its commercialization for medical purposes.

However, the initiative failed because it did not have sufficient support in the state Senate. and therefore, the use, trade and planting of the herb is considered a crime.

Against this background, the fact that dozens of these plants have been discovered in the Wisconsin Capitol, where It is believed that some government employee, at a certain point, planted them at the expense of not being discovered.

Tatyana Warrick, spokesperson for the state Department of Administration, announced that a team of workers removed all the cannabis plants detected.

Immediately afterwards, some samples of the bushes were sent for analysis with the aim of corroborating which variety they belonged to, therefore, although In most cases they are usually linked to marijuana, there is a type of cannabis that can only be transformed into hemp.

In this regard, the television channel WMTV, He took on the task of consulting Shelby Ellison, a botanist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and in charge of examining herbs.

However, the expert in studying the life of plants in all its stages, indicated that her conclusions will take a few days, since a laboratory analysis is required, but she announced that the discovery detected in federal areas was due to someone planting it. , since the herb is not usually present in the wild in that region of the country.

For the moment, the authorities that ensure the security of government facilities They are reviewing the videos of some security cameras with the aim of finding the person responsible. of the plantation to assign responsibility to it.

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