Trutanich Compares Marijuana Smoking to Raid-Covered Salad

Trutanich vs. medical marijuana... and salads

05:37 PM PT, Oct 12 2009

L.A. City Atty. Carmen Trutanich, who has been very open about his
intentions to rein in the proliferation of medical marijuana clubs in
L.A., came out last week with an entirely new complaint against the
facilities. In an Oct. 9 appearance Fox News 11, he explained that a
pesticide used to kill Mexican fire ants had been found on medical
cannabis distributed by local dispensaries and is evidence that the weed
is both potentially poisonous and possibly being supplied by Mexican
drug cartels.

Having previously argued that any over-the-counter sale of marijuana is
illegal in a controversial interpretation of the California Supreme
Court's decision in People vs. Mentch, Trutanich has now exhibited
his flair for made-for-TV drama by spraying a dinner salad with
household pesticide Raid at a news conference:

Watch video (1:37) - http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=7AhNb75N8V4

--Richard Metzger

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