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CNN Highlights Marijuana Legalization 'Straining' Police in Colorado
The CNN host found that, instead of undermining the black market for marijuana as promised, illegal growers have been taking advantage of legalization to illegally export pot to other states -- "straining" the state's law enforcement.
Cabrera recalled some of the illegal marijuana seized by police:
Illegal cannabis cultivations busted by law enforcement in Colorado. These are images from inside alleged criminal enterprises hiding in plain site under the guise of the state's legal pot laws which regulate who, where and how much pot people can grow.
She was then seen riding with Arapahoe County Sheriff David Walcher as he explained the problems legalization has caused his department:
CABRERA: Do you find people are coming here with the intent to create a marijuana or pot trafficking ring?
DAVID WALCHER, ARAPAHOE COUNTY SHERIFF: There's no doubt in my mind.
CABRERA: Arapahoe County Sheriff David Walcher says it's a growing concern. Just last year, his narcotics team alone seized more than $3 million worth of illegal pot products.
WALCHER: It's everywhere, and it can be in any neighborhood, any neighborhood. We see them everywhere.
The conversation soon continued: (Link, including video)
The CNN host found that, instead of undermining the black market for marijuana as promised, illegal growers have been taking advantage of legalization to illegally export pot to other states -- "straining" the state's law enforcement.
Cabrera recalled some of the illegal marijuana seized by police:
Illegal cannabis cultivations busted by law enforcement in Colorado. These are images from inside alleged criminal enterprises hiding in plain site under the guise of the state's legal pot laws which regulate who, where and how much pot people can grow.
She was then seen riding with Arapahoe County Sheriff David Walcher as he explained the problems legalization has caused his department:
CABRERA: Do you find people are coming here with the intent to create a marijuana or pot trafficking ring?
DAVID WALCHER, ARAPAHOE COUNTY SHERIFF: There's no doubt in my mind.
CABRERA: Arapahoe County Sheriff David Walcher says it's a growing concern. Just last year, his narcotics team alone seized more than $3 million worth of illegal pot products.
WALCHER: It's everywhere, and it can be in any neighborhood, any neighborhood. We see them everywhere.
The conversation soon continued: (Link, including video)