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(Denver) At the Rocky Mountain Arsenal outside of Denver, CO; officials from the U.S. Army just realized that what was thought to be “cannabis-free” soil they were using, actually clippings from cannabis plants.

The cleanup effort is headed by Charlie Scharmin, and in June the Army revealed it was accidentally growing marijuana on the land. They have since harvested about 100 marijuana plants.

The Rocky Mountain Arsenal was used by the Army as a chemical weapons manufacturing facility during World War II and the Cold War. As part of a clean-up effort, the Army had been reseeding in some areas. But when the seeds started to grow, they noticed they were reseeding the area with marijuana.

“It’s not something you expect in an environmental cleanup job,” Scharmin told CBS News. “It was a little surprising.”

[source CBS News]

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