Alleged pot was catnip, Canadian headshop owner complains
Thursday, September 11th, 2008 at 11:41 am | By: Radical Russ
CANOE — CNEWS – Canada: ‘Pot’ was for cats: accused
ORILLIA — A marijuana activist allegedly busted with a pound of pot claims police have no proof that what they seized is not catnip — and he intends to try to prove it in court.“It’s a simple mistake. It looks like good stuff,” said Ron McInnes, 60, owner of The Pot Shop in Orillia, which sells pipes, bongs and flavoured rolling papers.
His plan is to show that catnip, which he keeps around his home and even grows in his yard for his two chubby cats, tests positive for THC… He dipped a handful of catnip into a container of water and shook it up, then used an MP Rapid test kit specifically designed to test for THC in marijuana.
Seconds after putting droplets of the liquid onto the test card, two pink lines appeared in the test window — indicating a positive sample for THC — even though there is no THC in catnip.
McInnes claimed that testing done by the police is no more accurate than his test.
“Their testing equipment is just more expensive, that’s all,” he insisted.
This is the first I’ve heard that catnip could test positive for THC metabolites on a drug screen. No wonder my cat was turned down for that job at Homeland Security!
Topics: Canada, catnip, Orilla
i could not agree more my friend, thats what had me originally clicking this – that and the absurdity of the officer! poor SOB must be hating life right now…haha
Anything that causes false THC readings should be noted and aggresively publicized. Knowing substances that cause false readings could get you out of a jam in the legal system.
hahahhhahah catnip!!! i can see the judge now, instead of ’so, how do you plan to save the poppy seed bagle?’ it will be ’so, how to you plan to save Catnip?’ thats great!