[CRIME] Court Rules Sunflower Pollen Snorting Legal, But Idiotic
via Errithis Articles Systems Alliance courts overseeing the nascent colony of Chasca have delivered a ruling which may seem plain common sense, but we assure you requires some additional context. The ruling comes after a long and convoluted case of suspected drug trafficking and transportation of hazardous materials from another colonization candidate world in the cluster known as the Maroon Sea. Authorities at Chasca were first alerted in June to the possible smuggling of drugs, with a passing scientific expedition making a layover at the colony acting as unwitting couriers. However, the situation was judged far more severe when reports of colonists experiencing allergic reactions reached Chasca’s healthcare provisioners. The scientific expedition was part of an ongoing research campaign into Nodacrux, a potential colonization candidate world hampered by dangerous airborne pollen. Chasca’s authorities were soon concerned that an opportunistic researcher had sold deadly pollen at the colony, passing it off as a new drug. However, forensic examinations determined that the mystery ingredient afflicting the colonists was merely pollen from the Earth sunflower, an entirely legal substance with no narcotic properties. The courts subsequently found the Chascan con men not guilty of trafficking in drugs. Instead they were found guilty of counterfeiting and fraud.