Five years to life for pot brownies

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http://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-man-f...ry?id=23807681

Prosecutors say the charge is so severe because of Lavoro’s brownie recipe. Authorities say he mixed in hash oil, which features a far higher concentration of THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana. Under Texas law, the hash oil can be treated similarly to far more serious narcotics such as ecstasy.

Because the drops of oil were cooked into the brownies, police weighed the entire brownie batch – sugar, flour and butter – and charged him with possessing 1.5 pounds of drugs.

Jack Holmes, Lavoro’s defense attorney, believes the charge should be downgraded.

“They’ve weighed baked goods in this case,” Holmes said. “It ought to be a misdemeanor.”

Crazy.