Not that I oppose decriminalization, I just don't think the government should be involved in it through tax, distribution, licensing etc. It's a weed. It can grow anywhere, in almost any soil and any climate, and bloom up to 6 times a year. The only thing that is making it the #1 cash crop (and making the kingpins filthy rich) is that it is illegal and that we are putting billions of dollars to fight it. Decriminalize it, and everyone who wants it will be growing their own. The market prices will tumble within 2 months, so that it won't be any more expensive than parsley.
Now, I don't for a second believe that these illegal immigrants are behind the crop found in this bust. There is a very wealthy, cash flush kingpin who is behind that plot -- and it's probably not his only crop. Those illegal's were probably just working for him -- they are patsies. The kingpin has them harvest it for him (what's so surprising about having illegal aliens harvesting crops -- California's farmers import labor to pick crops it all the time) but he, the farmer, has the connections to sell the crop to the big distributors, who sell it to the dealers, who sell it to the users...
We have a winner!