[goldstategop]

I'm really glad to see the WOD Warriors get their comeuppance.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Mariner]

I don’t see a problem, other than the police trying to enforce a very strange law against growing a plant.

[Moonman62]

He said that in his initial survey of the site searched earlier this month, he estimated the greenhouse contained about 300 plants. But when the officers serving the search warrant counted stems, there were only 24 — the number authorized by the four cards the grower displayed at the site.

Those must be some huge plants and a lot of "medicine" for only four people.

[ol' hoghead]

"This is a frustration for us," said Sgt. Rick Valentine, supervisor of the Jackson County Narcotics Enforcement Team,... we spend time on what turns out to be legal activity, it takes away from playing Rambo"

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

He said he wished his neighbors who complained about his 65-foot-long greenhouse filled with bushy marijuana plants had come to him before contacting police.

People need to mind their own business. Yet these same folks won't call police if they see illegals in the street.

[Anti-Bubba182]

""It used to be real clear-cut," Doney said. "If you saw marijuana, it was illegal. Now we have to do more homework.""

Even if they legalize pot the situation could possibly be the same.

They would probably tax and regulate it like liquor and illegal gardens would treated like moonshine stills

[vietvet67]

Hangnail

[KoRn]

/mark

[robertpaulsen]

"but still noted that each mature plant produces between one and a half and two pounds of usable marijuana."

Hey, Wolfie, weren't you the one who said in another thread that this was a ridiculously high amount?

Anyways, let's make it easy and say 2 pounds per plant times 6 plants per "patient". That's one pound per month. Approximately 10 joints per day.

Some migraine, huh?

[Emmett McCarthy]

I wondered about the line “A good horticultural resume”. Does that mean he made her like the opera? Couldn’t resist.

[Global2010]

Same county but illegal grow.
Authorities: Mexican drug cartel operating in Oregon | KATU - Portland, Oregon | Local & Regional
Address:http://www.katu.com/news/local/9186377.html Changed:5:40 PM on Sunday, August 19, 2007

[Tainan]

""This is a frustration for us," said Sgt. Rick Valentine, supervisor of the Jackson County Narcotics Enforcement Team, who coordinated the seven Jackson County Sheriff's Department employees making this search earlier this month. "When we spend time on what turns out to be legal activity, it takes away from what we could do on illegal activities."

Yeah peckerwood..thats why you're supposed to INVESTIGATE before you get a "door-knocker paper".

[Lurker]

This guy is lucky he's alive. In many jurisdictions they would have tossed in some grenades. Then when he reached for the phone to report a fire and explosion the SWAT goons would have wasted him because he had something in his hand.

Afterwards they would have all high fived each other and then got their stories straight about the 'threatening manner' the deceased accused was acting in.

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[aruanan]

And the cops don't have a list of all legal growers within their jurisdiction?

[Salvation]

Oregon Ping

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[tubebender]

A 65 foot long green house for 24 plants? He is now free to plant 1000 plants. Ping me when the real thugs rip him off...

[rednesss]

"It used to be real clear-cut," Doney said. "If you saw marijuana, it was illegal. Now we have to do more homework."

Ahhhh, you mean they have to do some rudimentary checking before throwing in the flash-bangs and sending in 45 SWAT team members who will kill the family dog. They always kill the dog. Call PETA.

Next thing you know he's going to complain about getting the address correct before busting down the door at 3:00 am.

[robertpaulsen]

From another article:

Proponents of the (Oregon medical marijuana -rp) 1998 ballot measure initially said that several hundred patients needed the program. Today, according to the Web page of the state program, 14,868 patients hold cards issued by the program.

I wonder if the measure would have passed had the proponents told the truth.

[Mr. Blonde]

Valentine said his agency gets at least one call every day this time of year from someone who has spotted pot plants.

Do people have nothing better to do than snitch? Wow. I wonder if this is just a few people driving around praying to find marijuana plants. I guess it is just a different world from where I am from. No one I know would call the cops unless it is someone doing something hurting someone else.

[Clinging Bitterly]

All of that wasted time. Boo freaking hoo.

It appears as though it’s legal to grow weed in Oregon with a government permit.

Since Jackson County claims their investigations are complaint driven, perhaps they should start demanding of complainants that they provide evidence that a reported growing operation does not have the required permit.

Would save a lot of time and money and the good people of the county would be just as safe - probably safer. And certainly their dogs would be safer.