Rats Eat Up Confiscated Marijuana in US

Rats are eating up confiscated marijuana at the ageing headquarters of the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD).

According to Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick, the 1968 building of the NOPD is suffering from mould, cockroaches, and broken air conditioning and elevators. The number of vermin in the building is so high that officers have reported finding rat droppings on their desks.

“The rats eating our marijuana, they’re all high,” Anne Kirkpatrick told Nola.com.

The unsanitary conditions have even led to the marijuana stored as evidence being eaten by rats. While experts say it is unlikely the rats are getting “high” in the same way humans do.

The department is currently seeking approval for a temporary relocation to a high-rise building downtown while plans are made for a permanent new headquarters.