A Little Greenage

[Homicidalheathen]

Pot found growing in U-M's botanical gardens

BY ERIC LAWRENCE • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • February 20, 2008

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The botanical garden at the University of Michigan was showing some unexpected greenery this week.

Authorities confiscated 11 suspected marijuana plants after a staff member at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens discovered them Monday morning.

Diane Brown, a spokeswoman for the university's Department of Public Safety, said the plants were found among the plant projects for a student biology class. She said the plants were small and had likely been growing just a few days before they were discovered.

Brown said it was not known who planted them, although she wondered why someone would do so at the botanical gardens.

"It's against the law and isn't smart at all, especially when you're in an environment where you have people who have explicit knowledge of plants," she said.

Brown said the biology class is continuing to meet in the area of the botanical gardens where the plants were found. The penalty for planting the marijuana could be a 4-year prison sentence or a $20,000 fine.

Linda Green, a spokeswoman for U-M's Division of Student Affairs, said officials have no reason to suspect students were involved.

Contact ERIC LAWRENCE at elawrence@freepress.com.

[jadnifer]

It's amazing. Right out in the open too where it was obviously easy for someone to find. I dont think that they will ever find who planted them though. Who is actually going to admit to that?

[odims_sphere]

Keep in mind that's Ann Arbor, (actually Dixboro but super close to A2), home of the Hash Bash so it's not really that surprising. Where, as my brother found out, a minor in possession of tobacco ticket is more expensive than a possession of a controlled substance (marijuana) ticket.

[jadnifer]

Keep in mind that's Ann Arbor, (actually Dixboro but super close to A2), home of the Hash Bash so it's not really that surprising. Where, as my brother found out, a minor in possession of tobacco ticket is more expensive than a possession of a controlled substance (marijuana) ticket.

I know that's true, but it still strikes me as very odd.

[Destroit]

Man...I need to move to A2...

Just kidding

That guy IS pretty stupid, he would have been better off planting that shit in the Arboritum (sp?).