Over $4 million in marijuana seized by lawmen in cotton field in Tarrytown

The Courier Herald ^ | 08/29/03 | Jonathon Finley

[MrLeRoy]

Some plants were 2 inches tall? Thank goodness no one was hurt! Sounds like this is just growing wild - funny to think of the Barney Fifes getting all worked up about it.

The War On Some Drugs is built on lies.

[jmc813]

WOD Ping

[dead]

When they haul in plants, they weigh the leaves, the stems, the roots (without shaking off any dirt) and they lean their thumbs on the scale.

The bigger the haul, the cooler the high-tech gizmos they can persuade the tax-payers to buy them.

With the these gizmos, they can confiscate more Trans-Ams to tool around the neighborhood in, trying to look cool.

[MrLeRoy]

WODdies need all the PE they can steal.

[KCmark]

1 elbow is $800 - $1000. But since this is ditchweed, it is worth nothing.

[sweet_diane]

"(My friend's mother was the County Clerk of Court, and was politically connected....)"

Lucky for her. Had she not had those connections I would imagine they would have seized all her property, regardless of whom she had let farm it.

[bc2]

your math is pretty good

4400 plants x 4 ounces each (5 or 8 is a large estimate) = 17600 oz

16 oz in 1 lb = 1100 lbs (17600 / 16 = 1100)

$300 per ounce, but at that weight it's $4000 per lb so: 1100 * $4000 = $4.4 million

And some wonder why others take the risk in growing.

legalize weed and create a new North American industry similar to the new micro-brewing boom. The American government can never stop peaceful people from enjoying liberty and prosperity.