Mexican's run pot farms in U.S. national forests

[Sharon]

Illegal immigrants connected to Mexico's drug cartels are growing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of marijuana in the heart of one of America's national treasures, authorities say. It's a booming business that, federal officials say, feeds Mexico's most violent drug traffickers.

Ten thousand marijuana plants, some 5 feet tall, dotted the mountainside's steep terrain amid thick brush, often located near streams. This garden's street value is worth an estimated $40 million, authorities said.

Walters clutched three plants he said were worth $12,000 on the streets.

"This is about serious criminal organizations," Walters said. "They're willing to kill anybody who gets in their way. They're taking money back to those who kill prosecutors, judges and law enforcement." Authorities have arrested 38 people and have seized 29 automatic weapons, high-powered rifles and other guns, Boudreaux said.

Once at the national forest, the growers carry with them everything they need -- tents, food, guns, fertilizer, irrigation hose and marijuana seeds. Armed men keep watch over the gardens day and night during planting season, officials say.

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[morningbell (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Sharon

Full article - Mexican cartels running pot farms in U.S. national forest - CNN.com

I hope the pot doesn't have E.Coli

[Sharon]

Originally Posted by morningbell

I hope the pot doesn't have E.Coli

Maybe it should.

[morningbell (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Sharon

Maybe it should.

"What if" mental image

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

...can put the bastards out of business tomorrow.

feeds Mexico's most violent drug traffickers.

LEGALIZATION.

[morningbell (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Larry Gude

...can put the bastards out of business tomorrow.




LEGALIZATION.

Unfortunately it'll never happen, you can't regulate it.

Unlike alcohol, you could be high on a Saturday, be tested a week later and pop.

[ImnoMensa]

If I were riding an ATV in that National forest they would bust me in seconds.

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by morningbell

Unfortunately it'll never happen, you can't regulate it.

.

...you can't. American ingenuity can do anything including putting molecular markers in it and run foreign dip####s out of the market and still make a buck. We NEED drug legalization to get rid of the corruption and violence.

[bcp (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Larry Gude

...you can't. American ingenuity can do anything including putting molecular markers in it and run foreign dip####s out of the market and still make a buck. We NEED drug legalization to get rid of the corruption and violence.

and if we legalize killing, we wont have no murderers

[morningbell (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Larry Gude

...you can't. American ingenuity can do anything including putting molecular markers in it and run foreign dip####s out of the market and still make a buck. We NEED drug legalization to get rid of the corruption and violence.

Then why is it not legal?