English Soccer Club Using Marijuana Lamps to Grow Grass

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Rochdale AFC's Spotland Stadium. Photo via @Olimakin on Twitter.
Rochdale AFC's Spotland Stadium. Photo via @Olimakin on Twitter.

Growing pristine grass in a soccer stadium in Northern England can be a difficult task this time of year. So Rochdale AFC, a soccer club in England's third division, has turned to an unusual solution.

The club's groundskeeper, 24-year-old Oli Makin, has turned to heat lamps, seized by police in drug raids on cannabis farms, to improve the turf conditions in the team's Spotland Stadium. In an area of the world where sunshine is rare and temperatures top out in the 40's in October and November, the heat lamps are a welcome addition. The fact that they were free is even better.

According to the BBC, Makin says the lights were donated by Sgt. Andy Fern of Greater Manchester Police and will save the club about $50,000.

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