CHECK BRAINS AT GATE

Were they all so stoned they lost their common sense? Or did they
ever have any in the first place?

We refer, of course, to the spectacularly hamhanded folks who bought
and/or sold marijuana and other illegal drugs this weekend at the
Harvest Fest in Starks. The festival is sponsored by advocates of
legalizing marijuana.

Some of them walked (or more accurately, drove) right into the
clutches of the law.

According to police, at least 150 cars were stopped and 100 pounds of
marijuana were seized during the course of the three-day concert.
Ecstasy, speed, cocaine and a host of other drugs were confiscated by
police as well.

One dopey guy set up shop along the festival's access road, according
to police. The cops say they confiscated $1,300 in cash and a pound
and a half of marijuana from him.

Then there was our favorite incident of
self-defeating-behavior-by-a-pothead: Police say [redacted] allegedly
led State Police on a 10-mile chase that went through downtown
Farmington and straight into the parking lot of that town's municipal building.

For those of you who, like [redacted], might be unfamiliar with
Farmington, that's where the town's police department is located.

Police say [redacted] and his passenger had an estimated two pounds
of marijuana in their car.

The prize for the most accurate statement of the day goes to Maine
State Police Sgt. Vicki Gardner, who told our reporter Betty
Jesperson that, "We are seeing a lot of drugs. That is the purpose
for the festival, after all."