Posted on 05/10/2018 2:37:33 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
CARPINTERIA - This picturesque coastal town cradled by mountains and sandy shores is a scene out of a Southern California postcard. Residents of Carpinteria say they feel lucky to live in what they consider a slice of paradise.
But change is in the air. And sometimes, they say, it stinks.
That’s because marijuana has become a new crop of choice in the farmlands surrounding this tight-knit community of 14,000, which has long helped fuel the U.S. cut flower industry.
Residents say a thick, skunk-like odor from the marijuana plants settles over the valley in the evenings and before dawn. To keep out the stench, they have tried stuffing pillows under doors, lighting incense and shutting windows, a reluctant choice since it also keeps out the cool ocean breezes that are part of the town’s allure.
“We don’t want a marijuana smell,” said Xave Saragosa, a 73-year-old retired sheriff’s deputy who was born and raised in the town and lives near a greenhouse that grows marijuana. “We want fresh air.”
Saragosa said the odor pervades his hillside home at night and keeps his wife up coughing.
Toni Stuart, an 80-year-old retired Episcopal priest, said the odor doesn’t creep into the area near the beach where she lives, but she worries about the community changing.
“I would not like Carpinteria to be the ‘cannabis capital’ of Southern California. I like it the way it is. It’s a very quiet, unpretentious beach town,” she said.
“If people want to grow cannabis instead of flowers or avocados or macadamia nuts - I suppose that’s their right. But they’ve got to think about their neighbors.”
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Huh, that sounds like that thing we used to call air pollution.
I golfed with an idiot who smoked weed. It smells EXACTLY like a skunk. Totally different than in the 60s - 70s.
There’s a lot of uptight people out there.
And here.
People are weird.
In the early 1900s women were social forbidden to smoke (called crude and unladylike).
Cigarette companies countered it by showing women in magazine ads with a title that they might use in California:
Blow Some My Way.
Have you ever read how much water it takes to make things, it is unbelievable.
1 pound of hamburger 1800 gallons
1 t-shirt 700 gallons (just to grow the cotton)
Yeah, that makes sense.
“If people want to grow cannabis instead of flowers or avocados or macadamia nuts - I suppose that’s their right. But they’ve got to think about their neighbors.”
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That will never happen.
And yet all that water just keeps coming back, for us to use again. It’s like it was God’s plan, or something.
Even the supporters of legalization should be supportive of regulation requiring growers to filter their air.
In the late summer in my neighborhood, upper middle class Sacramento, it can become a little to sweet. And skunky.
Do unto others...
“I’ve read that the average pot plant requires ONE TO SIX GALLONS OF WATER PER DAY. “
Nonsense.
Most is grown indoors.
You should ask the question of tobacco smokers.
When I lived in Santa Barbara in the 1970’s and 1980’s, Carpinteria was known for avocado groves and their sign which advertised the “World’s Safest Beaches.”
I guess times have changed.
I absolutely do, it’s all the same to me, stinky poison.
“Not to mention that absent any federal regulations concerning agricultural standards, dope growers are using questionable techniques, water contaminated with heavy metals, etc, and producing a product that doesn’t just addict, but poisons, the user. “
Legal growers in CA are HIGHLY regulated. And all of their product is tested, not only for chemicals, but for molds etc.
I love Carpenteria but, drove through there last year and the scent/odor was strong.
Didn’t bother stopping at my favorite restaurant there but, continues to SLO and got a couple sandwiches at High Street....
The plant that smells like dead meat looks OK too!!! Although I have to admit those are very colorful plants. I’ve never seen pics of MJ like that before.
The “mind your own business” gene was bred out the human race a long time ago.
Yes, we should ban everything so that nothing is regulated or taxed. THAT'S the liberty-maximizing policy, all right.
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