idea, actually. that was the plan by the seattle police yesterday. they gave away, get this, 1,000 bags of doritos at seattle s hemp fest with the advice on the state s pot laws printed on the bag. so, the program was so popular that officers, are you surprised by this, they ran out of supplies in just about 30 minutes. a reporter with our seattle affiliate king 5 has more. happy hempfest! reporter: pot is legal and for potheads, it s party time. with so much to know about the state s new marijuana laws, seattle police know the way to a stoner is their stomach. best munchie food, man. these doritos are so good! mary jane, mary jane. reporter: it s called operation orange fingers. the seattle cops are pretty cool. reporter: some call it a publicity stunt. enjoy. reporter: but police say the stickers on the bag are a quick guide of the do s and dont s of
bob young is with the seattle times. bob, obviously the police are having a little fun with this. this is one tweet they put out. please ignore maliciously false reports that we re giving out bugles at seattle hemp fest. we would never do that. but apparently there s also a message that they re trying to get across. what kind of misconceptions or misinformation about the state s new law are they trying to clear up? well, they are, of course, having fun with it. they re pointing people to their faq, which answers a whole bunch of questions and does so in a cheeky way. it went viral for that reason. but for instance, they want to remind people that it s still not legal to consume in public. they want to remind people that it remains a crime to sell marijuana. and they want to remind people that it s a crime for minors still to consume or possess
be cut off. they dropped it in new york, los angeles and dallas in a fee dispute. time warner cable is a separate company from time warner, which owns cnn. 40 minutes past the hour. seattle police officers will be on patrol at this year s hemp fest, handing out munchies. they will distribute 1,000 bags of doritos. attached is a label directing marijuana fans to a web page set up by the police department. it shows what is and isn t legal under the new marijuana law allowing adults 21 and over to possess up to an ounce of pot. the key to marketing is know your audience. munchies, orange fingers. coming up, a pet food recall this morning for dogs and cats. why some products are being pulled from store shelves.
were having fun with laws that legalized recreational marijuana by handing out doritos at that hemp fest. two states to the southt a par. the ranger who discovered the farm made a statement gave details. really amazing that people grow this out in the open and it can go undiscovered for so long. can i confirm that park rangers have seized an estimated 5,000 pounds of illegally grown marijuana. in to pang go canyon state park. these are fully mature plants. we he can report that the damage to the park ecosystem was significant and that the universe is expanding. and that even though it seems like we are standing still we are actually moving. flying through space in this crazy home.
we re following the second hostage taken in that tense standoff in a louisiana bank has died. authorities say the gunman shot both victims just before a s.w.a.t. team intervened. scientists at the smithsonian are announcing a new species, the olinguito. a researchers says the mammal has been spotted by humans before but up until now was mistaken for its sister species. the seattle police department plans to educate crowds at this weekend s annual pro-marijuana event, hemp fest as it s called, with a unique tool, doritos. police will seize on possible cases of the munchies, handing out thousands of doritos bags