The Republic Of Ireland stands to reap massive benefits from the harvesting of Loconappa seaweed, which has recently been discovered to possess similar characteristics to marijuana when smoked.
Loconappa grows in abundance all around the Irish coast, but in particular profusion off the coast of Galway. After harvesting, the seaweed is dried out in special Draw Towers before being shredded and packaged ready for export.
Galway seaweed farmer Ciaran Coonan told us that he estimated that the seaweed smoking industry could bring up to 17 billion euros a year into the Irish economy, and has revealed that talks are under way with a leading cigarette manufacturer to produce processed joints in packs of twenty, which it is anticipated will retail at 15 Euros per packet.
Coonan told us:
"There's a limitless supply of Loconappa seaweed out there. And the beauty of it is that as soon as you harvest the stuff, it's grown back within a day or two, so it's sustainable growth. Sure we could keep the entire population of Europe happily off its face forever and ad infinitum."
UK Drug Czar Headley Bongbango said that the British were not happy with this development, saying that the British were daft enough already without getting ripped to the bollocks smoking Irish seaweed.
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