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The Campaign Against Marijuana Planting says it destroyed almost 3 million marijuana plants this growing season. According to the NY Times, a "record number of marijuana plants were uprooted and burned in California this year," with the most marijuana farms found in the Central Valley and Northern California. Additionally, the estimated street value of the plants is $11.6 billion. Of course, these were outdoor farms--who knows how many are hidden, indoor operations--the Marijuana Policy Project, which supports reforms to regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol, believes CAMP's tactics push people to grow indoors.
Task Force Claims Record Year in Destroying Pot Plants
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We're in a recession-- quick, spend lots of money destroying lots of money!
yep. i would be willing to wager that CA economy is somewhat kept afloat by the sheer amount of $$ surrounding this crop.
just personally think that the US Fed govt should re-think its stance on the subject of mary_J.
Pot smokers are arrested once every 40 seconds in the US. 1 out of 8 drug prisoners are incarcerated for pot. We spend over $1 Billion a year trying to eradicate this plant.. while we have a fat-ass nation of beer guzzling, McDonald chewin dumbasses that continue to fill the coffers of Annheiser Busch -- soon to be the coffers of InBev.
But I will still take Mary Louise Parker as my neighbor any day.
make it legal....tax it....recession over.
Since we're putting all kinds of things on ballots these days, can we do more to stop this stupid war on pot? I'm not a smoker -- never even tried it -- but I'm pretty irritated that my taxes were spent eliminating $11 billion worth of productive, victimless commerce.
I think for one week, every story on sfist should be accompanied by a picture of Mary Louise Parker, whether it makes any sense or not.
There's also this.
So wasteful.
what and sf_bikebike for Congress!
mattymatt: already happened at the state level. problem is that the feds claim jurisdiction and the right to ignore that law.
They didn't get to destroy my parents' outdoor crop. haha, suckers.
@alexchousa
pfftt.. mexicali schwag.. who needs it.
@SFJoe
I second that!!
I believe the issue for CAMP is that large illegal and stealth pot farms are being planted by Mexican drug cartels in OUR nation's National Forests especially here in California. There's a great New York Times story about this. The thugs that guard the farms carry lots of weapons and are killing animals and polluting the environment using very toxic (banned in the U.S.A.) pesticides that they are smuggling in from Mexico. I say it makes a lot more sense (and is much better for your brain and the environment) to grow your own supply in the comfort of your home until this country wakes up and begins to regulate pot like alcohol.