Had some acquaintances by me over the weekend and showed them my maple and other trees. They kept looking at the maple trees and whispering among themselves. They then saw the bag attached here and that was the straw that broke the camel's back. They were visibly upset and started on me on the appropriateness of "growing marijuana" all over my backyard. It took me forever to explain to them these are maple trees and the bag is sphagnum moss. I'm still not sure they believed me and doubt they're coming back. Thankfully they didn't find the rooting hormone. No way I'd be able to explain that.
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Same thing has happened to me with the Japanese maples. 
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A mistake that has had serious consequences before drug laws changed.
The link below is to a story on "stop the drug war.org," but the same basic info about the shooting and the Japanese maple hobby were in the 2008 Virginian Pilot newspaper
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Then there's the just plain "duh" component
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The link below is to a story on "stop the drug war.org," but the same basic info about the shooting and the Japanese maple hobby were in the 2008 Virginian Pilot newspaper
A Cop is Dead Because An Informant Mistook Japanese Maple Trees For Marijuana | StoptheDrugWar.org
This is one of those stories that is simultaneously so unbelievable and yet nauseatingly familiar that you just know our deeply flawed drug laws are behind it.Ryan Frederick is an amateur gardener who grows tomatoes and Japanese maple trees, which look like marijuana. An informant told police...
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‘I’m not the murderer they make me out to be,’ Frederick says
CHESAPEAKE Ryan Frederick said Thursday he’s not the “drug lord” some people might make him out to be, but a scared, 100-pound man who thought someone was breaking into his home. …
www.pilotonline.com
Then there's the just plain "duh" component
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Maple leaf decoration mistaken for marijuana on Killingly pamphlet
KILLINGLY - An eyebrow-raising image on a Killingly flier is the result of an “unfortunate coincidence,” a town official says. To advertise a month full of fall activities, the Killingly Parks and …
www.norwichbulletin.com
Sheriff mistakes Japanese maple candy for Halloween weed
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