<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Courtesy of the <i>Cannabist</i> at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.thecannabist.co/2016/08/17/cat-pot-brownies-nebraska-omaha/61257/">http://www.thecannabist.co/2016/08/17/cat-pot-brownies-nebraska-omaha/61257/</a></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------</div><div><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 2.5em; margin: 0.5em 0px 0.8em; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: Lora, Georgia, Times, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-rendering: optimizelegibility; line-height: 1.25; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Man accidentally eats four pot brownies, crawls on floor and calls cat mean names</h1><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -0.35em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: Lora, Georgia, Times, serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); text-rendering: optimizelegibility; line-height: 1.25; font-size: 1.5em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">The 53-year-old dad didn't know there was cannabis baked into the brownies, and later he found himself "crawling around on the floor, randomly using profanities and calling the family cat 'a bitch' "</h3><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The unintentional ingestion of any psychoactive substance can make for a scary personal experience.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But these kinds of stories, in hindsight, can also make for often-humorous newspaper headlines — as evidenced most recently by <a href="http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/omaha-dad-finds-pot-brownies-eats-of-them-says-mean/article_385099cc-649c-11e6-86a8-4728d60cb7fe.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; line-height: inherit;">this winner</a> in today’s Omaha World-Herald: “Omaha dad finds pot brownies, eats 4 of them, says mean things to cat.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sure enough, that’s exactly what happened.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><a href="http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/omaha-dad-finds-pot-brownies-eats-of-them-says-mean/article_385099cc-649c-11e6-86a8-4728d60cb7fe.html" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; line-height: inherit;">According to the World-Herald</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">, a 53-year-old man was unloading groceries on Tuesday when he noticed some brownies in the backseat of the car — a vehicle his adult children had used earlier that day. The Omaha dad ate four of the brownies and hours later, while watching TV, remarked to his wife he was feeling “bad anxiety.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">His wife called their children to inquire about the brownies’ ingredients, but they didn’t answer. Next she called 911. As the World-Herald reports:</span></p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0.5625em 1.25em 0px 1.1875em; direction: ltr; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); line-height: 1.6;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As police were at the house, one of the couple’s sons arrived and told officers the brownies belonged to his siblings. He told them he was “pretty sure it was just marijuana in the brownies,” according to a police report.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Paramedics called to the scene who checked the man found his vital signs to be normal. But they noted he was displaying odd behavior — crawling around on the floor, randomly using profanities and calling the family cat “a bitch.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The man told paramedics he felt like “he’s trippin’.” He declined their offer to be taken to the hospital.</span></p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; line-height: 1.5; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The paramedics then helped the man to his bed and encouraged he and his wife to call 911 if his anxiety worsened. Hopefully he woke up feeling more clear-headed.</span></p></div><div>--------------------------------<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></body></html>