--- description: Police in New Jersey are looking for the rightful owner of the shipment title: 50 Pounds of Pot Accidentally Mailed to the Wrong Address image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt707b397f4b7495e2/698869ade20a87a970a8de05/gettyimages-454601963.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Drugs](/tag/drugs/) ## Drugs Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 50 Pounds of Pot Accidentally Mailed to the Wrong Address ## Video: Inside the World of Medical Marijuana for Kids [Watch (HLS stream): Inside the World of Medical Marijuana for Kids](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/6Ic4KUCK.m3u8) (16:16)  _Published 2014-10-21. The story of a family's illegal cross-country drive to transport marijuana oil for their epileptic 3-year-old daughter. A look inside the quasi-legal, science free world of medical marijuana for children from TIME's Red Border Films_ by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 24, 2015 2:55 PM CUT  Marijuana buds for sale Marijuana buds for saleGetty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 24, 2015 2:55 PM CUT A resident of Hazlet, New Jersey was recently surprised with an [unexpected delivery](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/50-pounds-marijuana-shipped-wrong-new-jersey-address-n450176 "undefined"): 50 pounds of marijuana showed up at their front door, addressed to a person who does not live there. Police in the town responded to the situation and found about $100,000 worth of pot in the boxes, according to NBC News. Hoping to find who the package was really intended for, they posted photos of the haul on their Facebook page Thursday, writing, “If you were expecting these packages and would like to claim them, please come to Police Headquarters. In the meantime our detectives will be working with County, State, and Federal Law Enforcement agencies to locate the owner of this property.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4086022/marijuana-sent-to-wrong-address/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4086022/marijuana-sent-to-wrong-address/"},"headline":"50 Pounds of Pot Accidentally Mailed to the Wrong Address","datePublished":"2015-10-24T14:55:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:03:17.492Z","description":"\"If you were expecting these packages... please come to Police Headquarters\"","url":"https://time.com/4086022/marijuana-sent-to-wrong-address/","keywords":["Drugs","Marijuana","New Jersey","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt707b397f4b7495e2/698869ade20a87a970a8de05/gettyimages-454601963.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt707b397f4b7495e2/698869ade20a87a970a8de05/gettyimages-454601963.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"454601963","caption":"454601963","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/drugs/","name":"Drugs"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4086022/marijuana-sent-to-wrong-address/","name":"50 Pounds of Pot Accidentally Mailed to the Wrong Address"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Inside the World of Medical Marijuana for Kids","description":"The story of a family's illegal cross-country drive to transport marijuana oil for their epileptic 3-year-old daughter. 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