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<p>CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) &#8212; A central Pennsylvania man was charged Thursday after police say he sprayed fluid used to embalm a human brain on marijuana that he then smoked.</p><p>State police in Carlisle charged 26-year-old Joshua Lee Long with abuse of a corpse and conspiracy.</p><p>Court records indicate Long&#8217;s aunt contacted detectives on June 21 after finding a human brain in a department store bag under a porch while cleaning out a trailer.</p><p>Long allegedly told her during a phone conversation from the Cumberland County jail that he used the formaldehyde-soaked pot to get high.</p><p>&#8220;The defendant related that he knew it was illegal to have the brain and that he and (another man) would spray the embalming fluid on &#8216;weed&#8217; to get high,&#8221; wrote Trooper John Boardman, the investigator.</p><p>Court records indicate a coroner concluded the brain was real and that Long supposedly named it Freddy.</p><p>The coroners who examined the brain believe it was most likely a stolen teaching specimen, according to the arrest affidavit.</p><p>Long remains in jail, and court records did not list a lawyer for him.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">This undated photo provided by the Cumberland County Prison in Carlisle, Pa., shows Joshua Lee Long. Pennsylvania State Police charged Long on Thursday, July 14, 2016, with abuse of a corpse and conspiracy, accusing Long of spraying fluid used to embalm a human brain on marijuana before smoking it. (Cumberland County Prison via AP)</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/web1_111393881-c7a282f6365740cdaf7984a59f18034b-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>This undated photo provided by the Cumberland County Prison in Carlisle, Pa., shows Joshua Lee Long. Pennsylvania State Police charged Long on Thursday, July 14, 2016, with abuse of a corpse and conspiracy, accusing Long of spraying fluid used to embalm a human brain on marijuana before smoking it. (Cumberland County Prison via AP)</caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
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Police say man used brain-preserving fluid to soak marijuana