SALT LAKE CITY, March 2 (UPI) -- During a discussion concerning Utah legalizing medical marijuana edibles for people with certain ailments, an agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration said legalizing medical marijuana in Utah could lead to rabbits getting high on it.

Matt Fairbanks, who works for the marijuana eradication team, started by saying how medical marijuana could affect pot use among young people. He then said that he's seen the effects on rabbits firsthand.


While getting rid of illegal pot plants in the mountains, he's seen "rabbits that had cultivated a taste for the marijuana where one of them refused to leave us, and we took all the marijuana around him, but his natural instincts to run were somehow gone."

Several studies have found that marijuana should be kept away from animals, because they will often consume too much. It can cause health problems for smaller animals.