I wouldn’t be surprised if the fires in the foothills weren’t started by the cartels themselves to make more room for their grows. I’m sure those damn trees and horses and cattle and who knows what other wildlife were proving to be nuisance.
Besides white trash having grows around here, there are the Hmongs. As for Cartels here in Butte County...possible in the outlying areas. You know if pot was like when I was a kid...kinda like having several beers at once, then I could get behind it. But now, from what I understand, as I haven’t smoked pot since the mid 70s, is that its pretty strong and hallucengenic and zone out. Why do I want to sit in a corner and drool? I would rather be buzzed and have some fun...but since I am an old coot now, coffee and chocolate is my means of enjoyment. And the docs at the VA tell me to stay away from the sugar. Jeez...
We have a friend on the fair circuit that has horrible leg/knee problems due to rhumetoid arthritis and after using all the opiods has settled on laced gummy bears as the medication of choice. One gummy bear and able to walk. So for that person its a medicinal choice and would never have smoked pot normally. Then I know another pot smoker that is huffing all day then smokes before bed to “relax.” Relax from what we ask...you have been relaxing all day. So there are the two ends of the spectrum.
If it helps someone medicinally I have no problem and quite frankly if someone wants to smoke recreationally...moderation is the key isn’t it?