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911 call from cop Edward Sanchez overdosing on weed (MP3)

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On April 21st, 2006, off-duty police officer Edward Sanchez placed a phone call to 911 call from his home in Michigan. During this 5-minute recording, Sanchez tells an emergency dispatcher that he and his wife were fatally overdosing on marijuana. They had eaten a whole tray of brownies baked with what Sanchez thought was about a 1/4 ounce of weed.

This embarrassing call was the subject of a hugely popular YouTube video in which an evening news team in Seattle is so unprofessional in their delivery of the story that you’d think that they themselves had eaten a few pot brownies. You can watch the Q13 news report here.

Also of interest: the 911 call that ended Sanchez’s career as a police officer inspired the brilliant satire/over-dub of an anti-marijuana ad from 2007.