How to Get Away with Growing 100,000 Marijuana Plants
Just plant them in the woods:
If we can't even catch the people who do this, do you think they're ever going to stop?
It should be obvious to anyone who's seen these same stories published every summer that the problem is just getting worse. These ridiculous pot wars in our national forests are profitable for both sides. The cops get to go hiking and collect their paychecks without even seeing an actual criminal, and the growers just plant more every year to ensure that the police never find it all. What fun.
That's why police and illegal growers are united in their opposition to the legalization of marijuana.
Nearly 100,000 marijuana plants were found growing at four illegal farms in the San Bernardino National Forest, authorities said Tuesday.
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No arrests have been made, said officials with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department and the U.S. Forest Service. [LA Times]
If we can't even catch the people who do this, do you think they're ever going to stop?
It should be obvious to anyone who's seen these same stories published every summer that the problem is just getting worse. These ridiculous pot wars in our national forests are profitable for both sides. The cops get to go hiking and collect their paychecks without even seeing an actual criminal, and the growers just plant more every year to ensure that the police never find it all. What fun.
That's why police and illegal growers are united in their opposition to the legalization of marijuana.
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