A friend over the border in Siskyou county in CA told me that once it was clear that CA would legalize growing recreational mj, huge tracts of land were bought by MX cartels, Bulgarian and Russian mafia.
Legalization does nothing to stop illegal growing. In OR it was legalized last year and the county I live in is a huge mj growing place, already was big. Now there are illegal grows all over, very few are permitted and licensed, and no on in the county or state gov give a s***. Crime has skyrocketed.
“Crime has skyrocketed.”
Statewide, between 2013, the year before the legalization vote, and 2016, property crimes dropped and crimes against persons rose by 5% per year - well short of a “skyrocket.” Did you mean only in your county?
https://www.oregon.gov/osp/CJIS/docs/2016%20Annual%20Report/Q4ReportSection1.pdf
https://www.oregon.gov/osp/CJIS/docs/2013%20Annual%20Report%20-%20Section%201.pdf