Dutch Police Contribute To Global Mellowing

The police in the Netherlands have made a major contribution toward mellowing the world. The unleashed the smoke from three tons of Hashish on the world. People downwind are reporting severe cases of the munchies.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Three tons of hashish went up in smoke Friday, incinerated by Dutch authorities after a van carrying the illicit cargo crashed and scattered it across the road.

Detectives were hunting the van's driver and a passenger who fled the scene, leaving behind the wrecked vehicle and its $20 million cargo.

"It's not something you see every day," police spokesman Hielke Vogelzang said, adding that police were tracing the owner of the van, but "it may be stolen or leased."

The crash happened during the morning commute on a highway outside the town of Avenhorn, about 20 miles north of Amsterdam, police said.

We here at Blue Crab Boulevard would like to ask if an environmental impact statement was submitted prior to the incineration. After all, this might lead to a global chilling out.