Wednesday, August 25, 2010
It's Just a Little Weed, Man...
what harm is it?!?
Authorities are trying to determine what’s causing an increase in violence that has left five suspects dead during raids of marijuana gardens across Northern California during the past several weeks.
...With marijuana growing suspects becoming more aggressive, members of the public are being warned to stay away from marijuana gardens in remote areas.
"The growers had constructed a cistern for the application of chemical fertilizers or pesticides through the irrigation system,” the warden said. “This application method is very dangerous to both wildlife and people who have no idea the water in the pipes is contaminated with hazardous chemicals.”
...”...The gardeners are usually armed and the chemicals they use are horribly dangerous to the environment, wildlife, and to the drinking water supply,"
“You cannot imagine the devastation that these people do to our forests. This is our land. These are our public forests that we should be able to go up there and enjoy. Yet we can’t. We’ve got armed intruders that are up there destroying it.”
...Deputies arrested nearly 100 people in OperationTrident. Sheriff Mims says all are Mexican nationals.
Each garden had a campsite, typically stocked with camping equipment and fertilizer as well as gardening chemicals illegal to use in this country.
The marijuana growers also dammed streams to divert water through miles of irrigation pipes to their crops.
The department said the gardens and campsites threatened wildlife and the environment. Some former marijuana plots that are nearly 20 years old have yet to recover fully.
The thought has been promoted that if CA chooses to legalize pot this November, all this will end. Maybe. But with CA the only ‘legal’ state to grow pot, what kind of money are we talking about? Will we have Napa-like Pot Gardens? Pot tourism? Pot ‘tastings?’ Will they stop and search every car going out of the state looking for shipments?
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