The same logic does not necessarily apply to the seeds in the ashtray as, standing alone and without the corroboration of the smell of marijuana smoke, it is impossible to know how long the seeds had been in the ashtray. Accordingly, the mere presence of marijuana seeds in an ashtray would likely be insufficient to establish probable cause to search the residence due to the uncertainty of how long ago the seeds got there. Even then, however, we take note of the story told in Jim Stafford’s down-home tribute to Cannabis sativa:
All good things gotta come to an end,
And it’s the same with the wildwood weeds.
One day this feller from Washington came by,
And he spied ‘em and turned white as a sheet.
Well, they dug and they burned,
And they burned and they dug,
And they killed all our cute little weeds.
Then they drove away,
We just smiled and waved,
Sittin’ there on that sack of seeds!
JIM STAFFORD,WILDWOOD WEED (MGM 1974).
