DOPE will get you through times of NO WATER better than WATER will get you through times of NO DOPE . . .
Posted on 08/06/2015 3:48:15 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
California's most valuable cash crop, marijuana, is taking a heavy toll on some of the state's most sensitive ecosystems, with the effects ranging from erosion, contamination, threats to wildlife, and heavy water use at a time of severe drought.
The situation is prompting ecologists and wildlife managers to urge greater focus on bringing marijuana plots under tighter environmental scrutiny.
It's a tall order, notes a research team calling for the added focus via an article in the August issue of the journal BioScience. Among the challenges: Money to beef up enforcement and to cover cleanup is scarce. And where some level of regulation exists, enforcement can be stymied by a disconnect between federal and state laws regarding the possession, sale, and use of marijuana.
The environmental concerns are not limited to California, notes the team, led by Jennifer Carah, an ecologist with The Nature Conservancy's office in San Francisco. Twenty-three states and at least three countries are testing the marijuana-liberalization waters to varying degrees.
Where environmental concerns have been raised, they often have centered on energy and water consumption, or carbon footprints for commercial-scale, indoor pot farms. The situation in northern California highlights the need to pay attention to the broader environmental effects of widespread cultivation as well, the team holds. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...
All for the sake of getting stoned. What a great country. /s
Translation: We see you're making a lot of money and we want a piece of it.
I can't keep up.
Illegal aliens with guns usually tend these gardens. This is going to require popcorn.
Now, if we could only get rid of alcohol. Imagine how much money that would save us.
Grapes use a LOT of water.
If one of those wildfires were to hit the weed farms...
Huh...huh, huh. Nyuk, nyuk nyuk.
DOPE will get you through times of NO WATER better than WATER will get you through times of NO DOPE . . .
Also Colorado and Alaska, IIRC.
In California, technically only "medical marijuana" is legal. I say "technically," because the eligibility for medical marijuana permission is incredibly loose.
Fat Freddie’s Cat! LOVE the Freak Brothers...
“We see you’re making a lot of money and we want a piece of it.”
Bullseye
What has happened to this great country and that beautiful state once called golden?
It’s gone to pot.
Second hand pot smoke causes cancer. They need to ban it now.
You get what you voted for, assholes.
Stupid is what is making the man made drought worse.
50% of California water goes down the drain to save the delta smelt.
40% of California water goes to Agriculture
10% is used by Mere Peasant Human Beings.
Lucky for you there are edible cannabis products that do not intrude upon your lungs.
So game on!
I answered your question in my post.
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