Posted on 07/30/2011 5:50:53 AM PDT by markomalley
Police in northern California have uprooted 460,000 plants and made more than 100 arrests in a major operation against illegal marijuana cultivation.
Authorities said they had seized 1,500 pounds (680kg) of processed marijuana, 27 guns and 11 vehicles over two weeks in Mendocino National Forest.
The 900,000-acre site is part of an area known as the Emerald Triangle for its high number of marijuana plots.
The raids are part of a wider campaign to remove marijuana from public land.
Marijuana for medicinal use is legal in California if you have a permit to grow it or a doctor's note to buy it.
But Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman said there was no sign that any of the gardens raided were being used to grow medical marijuana.
In the past, Mexican drug cartels have been blamed for the cultivation large quantities of marijuana in California, though no details were given about those arrested over the past two weeks.
But US Attorney Melinda Haag told the Associated Press that 25 people were already facing federal charges.
"The Mendocino National Forest is under attack by drug traffickers," she said.
Public land is often chosen by clandestine growers because of its remoteness.
Forest Service officials in California have long expressed concern about the environmental impact of the cultivation.
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Leni
The solution to California’s revenue problems is taxing their biggest cash crop.
“Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman said there was no sign that any of the gardens raided were being used to grow medical marijuana. “
Hmmm, I grew up in Mendocino County and I didn’t think that Mendocino National Forest was in Mendocino County. But a check of Wikipedia shows that a part of it is and parts of it are in 5 other counties. It is a huge Forest with no paved roads.
They still have police in California?
Does anyone give a smelly Obama about Mexifornia now?
Cows in Berkeley? Moooijuana!!
Holy Smoke Batman !!!!!
“Aw, man, why’d they have to bust all that medical J, man? I need it for my glaucoma I’ve had for thirty years, man.”
“And could someone go get me a pizza? Got the munchies to the max, man!”
Man, I’m glad they got these dangerous people instead of wasting time going after those misunderstood flash mob people.
The Supreme Court has already ordered them to release 46,000 prisoners before they made these arrests. So I guess they can just release 100 more of those nice rapists, thives, and gang-bangers to make room for these hardened criminals.
Stupid, lazy and cowardly American illegal drug users who are too stupid, lazy and chicken to change their reality, so they use illegal drugs to try to ignore their reality for a few minutes and thus provide funding to some of the most vicious criminals this world has ever seen.
Interesting semantics. What are the signs that a garden is being used to grow medical marijuana? What does a medical marijuana plant look like that distinguishes it from a non-medical one?
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