Man plants marijuana on church property, claims misunderstanding

By: Barry Leibowitz
Topics: Daily Blotter

One of the potted pot plants a man admits planting on a Pittsburgh church's property, while also claiming he didn't know the land belonged to the church.

/ CBS PItttsburgh

(CBS) PITTSBURGH - Yes, I was growing pot on church property...and, no, I'm not a bad guy.

That's the message 28-year-old Jason Como shared with CBS Pittsburgh, while admitting that the marijuana seeds he planted on land belonging to the Beloved Disciple Catholic Church were for "personal use, 100 percent."

Someone at the church contacted police over the weekend after spotting the plants.

Como told CBS Pittsburgh that he put some marijuana seeds in a couple of pots and plopped them down in the weeds behind his backyard. But he says he had no idea that the property belonged to the church.

Just the same, he's charged with manufacturing and cultivating a controlled substance, and he's upset that people might think he intentionally planted it on church property.

"I didn't even see the church," Como says. "I just figured this was one of my neighbor's fields, or just a field. I don't know."

Como told CBS Pittsburgh he's a Christian and would never have planted the pot where he did, had he known the property belonged to the church.

He added, "I just dont want people thinkin' I'm against churches, ya know, 'cause I'm definitely not. I'm Christian...I go to church every Sunday."

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by jrtaylor001 September 16, 2012 7:02 PM EDT: AMEN ,mk; Reply to this comment


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Most of us know that individuals who use illegal drugs are going to get high—no matter what, so why do you not prefer they acquire them in stores that check IDs and pay taxes? Gifting the market in narcotics to ruthless criminals, foreign terrorists, and corrupt law enforcement officials is seriously compromising our future.

Why do you wish to continue with a policy that has proven itself to be a poison in the veins of our once so "proud & free" nation? Even if you cannot bear the thought of people using drugs, there is absolutely nothing you, or any government, can do to stop them. We have spent 40 years and trillions of dollars on this dangerous farce; Prohibition will not suddenly and miraculously start showing different results. Do you actually believe you may personally have something to lose If we were to begin basing our drug policy on science & logic instead of ignorance, hate and lies?; Reply to this comment