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$1 Billion Pot Bust in Siskiyou!

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Open Eyes

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5 Grand a plant? Really, is that what they are going for these days?

What utter bollocks.

If this was true then that would probably put the annual total into the 30-50 billion range and since i do not know the official eradication numbers this is only a guess. 200k in plants in one county times a thousand other counties and you have the number of dollars that the USA is pissing down the drain.

Well done you career politicians. Enjoy your big pharma kickbacks and back-room politics since your time is numbered and coming to an end soon. MJ will be legal soon whether you like it or not. Other places on earth are decriminalizing it regardless of what your murdering DEA agents and agency wants.

Mexico...decrim
Portugal....decrim
Holland....decrim
Spain....decrim
Bolivia...going to be decrim soon
Argentina.....same road soon

USA can go and funk itself as i have lost all respect for it and hope it gets all it deserves.

Leader of the free world my ass. More like oppressor of the free world.
 
ddrew

ddrew

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Open Eyes said:
USA can go and funk itself as i have lost all respect for it and hope it gets all it deserves.

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well thanks for wishing a bunch of misfortune on the average citizens that live here.
Hopefully the US will come to it's senses regarding it's policy on drugs sooner then later.

Can I ask what perfect utopia country your living in?
 
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NOYB

About 4 years back there was a bust here in Siskiyou that netted 50,000 to 60,000 plants in a single plot spread out over a square mile. The only reason they found it is supposedly they were doing some repelling excercises and dropped right into the patch.

Not surprised at all they got that many plants in their recent operations.
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PoopyTeaBags

PoopyTeaBags

State Liscensed Care Giver/Patient, Assistant Trai
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Haha i love the usa but it is far from anything close to the best country in the world....
 
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Quality control

Open Eyes said:
5 Grand a plant? Really, is that what they are going for these days?

What utter bollocks.

If this was true then that would probably put the annual total into the 30-50 billion range and since i do not know the official eradication numbers this is only a guess. 200k in plants in one county times a thousand other counties and you have the number of dollars that the USA is pissing down the drain.

Well done you career politicians. Enjoy your big pharma kickbacks and back-room politics since your time is numbered and coming to an end soon. MJ will be legal soon whether you like it or not. Other places on earth are decriminalizing it regardless of what your murdering DEA agents and agency wants.

Mexico...decrim
Portugal....decrim
Holland....decrim
Spain....decrim
Bolivia...going to be decrim soon
Argentina.....same road soon

USA can go and funk itself as i have lost all respect for it and hope it gets all it deserves.

Leader of the free world my ass. More like oppressor of the free world.
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It poped up in our parliment a month or so ago, in new zealand.
studies show we are the biggest pot smoking nation in the world, thousands of arrests a year for personal use, 1000000000000 hours of wasted police time for a harmless drug that is natural and optional to smoke.....

there reason for throwing it out after only 1 hour of debate was, we dont want drugs around our kids.

But personaly i dont realy want it to be legal or de crim, reason being....
there are Alot of gangs here, they need the canabis market to survive, if that dissappers then there gonna have to turn to other drugs.
I love that heroin and coke is almost impossable to get here, i keeps our country free of crack heads ripping everybody off for there next hit.

P or meth has had its run here and even the gangs are now kicking members out who use and dont run it anymore because it simply ruins peoples lives, they are mostly all on the weed bug and i want it to stay that way.

Id hate for them to have to move to importing coke or h, you know what wankers people are when there coked up, im happy with things just how they are here.
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ddrew

ddrew

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Quality control said:
P or meth has had its run here and even the gangs are now kicking members out who use and dont run it anymore because it simply ruins peoples lives.
:joint:
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Wow, those are some pretty considerate gangs you have over there.
Here they don't give a shit how their actions impact others, as long as they're making money.
 
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NOYB

You will soon see news of a 50,000 or so plant bust in Siskiyou. It happened very near to Mt. Shasta. A friend drove by just outside of town and saw about 14 locals, sheriffs and CHP's surrounding a field with shotguns and semi or auto rifles out, fingers on the trigger and looking into the field and copters circling over head. Guess at least one made it into town.
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NOYB

The new bust was only 39,115 plants.
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Aeroguerilla

Aeroguerilla

I’m God’s solider, devil’s apostle
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PoopyTeaBags said:
Haha i love the usa but it is far from anything close to the best country in the world....
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dude seriously? ive been alllll around the globe the USA is the best country in the world HANDS DOWN. just gotta play your cards right =)
 
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NOYB

Mount Shasta, Calif. - A marijuana eradication operation on Rainbow Ridge near the City of Mount Shasta last Thursday resulted in the removal of 39,115 plants.
Though four suspects were encountered in the vicinity of the gardens and two were later spotted near the City of Mount Shasta, no arrests were made.
The later incident turned into a man hunt, involving law enforcement officers with the California Highway Patrol, the Mount Shasta Police Department, Sheriff’s Deputies and personnel with the Mount Shasta City Fire Department. They were unable locate the two suspects, who fled into a meadow adjacent to Interstate 5.
Sheriff Rick Riggins, described the suspects as “Hispanic males wearing camouflage.”
Eight gardens on site
The site of the illegal operation was on national forest land, approximately three miles northwest of Lake Siskiyou’s North Shore picnic area. According to the Sheriff’s Department, there were eight separate plantations scattered throughout the brush.
“One of our main concerns is for public safety,” said Riggins, who was at the helicopter staging area on Lake Siskiyou for the day long effort. “This (operation) is very close to a recreation area that sees a lot of use,” he said, also noting that the peak of the harvest in this area typically coincides with deer hunting season.
Riggins said that in addition to public safety issues, pot gardens on public lands can pose environmental threats, with large grow sites often being contaminated by fertilizers, chemicals, trash or human waste.
Riggins reported that current protocols require that the Department of Fish and Game to take samples at grow sites to determine if there has been any environmental contamination. Oftentimes, extensive clean up efforts are necessary.
Cartels suspected
“We have been investigating this sight since mid-summer,” said Sheriff’s Department Captain Jim Betts. “We are suspecting an Hispanic grow based on the evidence we have so far.”
Betts referred to such indicators as the growing methods used, as well as physical evidence removed from the sight.
Participating in the eradication effort were Sheriff’s Deputies, Forest Service personnel and Fish and Game officers.
“Some people look (at an eradication effort) like this and say ‘it’s just marijuana and its no big deal,’ but people have to remember that it is part of a huge illegal activity…this is not just about pot, this is organized crime,” said Riggins, who noted that by his department’s estimations, ninety percent of the grows that he deals with involve cartels.
Riggins reported that during his first year as sheriff seven years ago, the Marijuana Eradication Team yielded 28,000 plants for the total season. He said that the number was up to 340,000 last year and already this year over 400,000 plants have been confiscated, with harvest season far from over.
An eradication effort near Seiad Valley last month yielded 204,000 plants, making it the largest bust in the history of Siskiyou County.
Despite the trends, Riggins reported that funding for these operations has been curtailed. “We’re putting a dent in it but, unfortunately, we’re fighting a losing battle,” he said.
The Rainbow Ridge operation required a SWAT team to secure the gardens, as well as K-9 assistance.
After the area was deemed safe, eradication team members were hoisted, two at a time, to the steep terrain of the grow sight. Dangling below the helicopter, the camouflaged deputies were whisked to the sight in a matter of a few minutes.
As the deputies harvested the crop, they tallied their yield, with each plant counting as one, regardless of its size.
Sheriff Riggins noted that the cash value of the crops is immense. “They are making millions…We just don’t have the resources to keep up,” he reiterated.
Medical Marijuana available in Mt. Shasta
The summer’s high yield pot busts have coincided with the recent introduction of two medical marajuana dispensaries to Siskiyou County, both to them located in the City of Mt. Shasta.
Commenting on this recent development, Riggins stated that his office will uphold the law as it is written.
“I have no problems (with medical marijuana) if it is being used for what voters voted for,” said Riggins. “The problem is people using the system to make huge profits,” he continued, referring to doctors who he feels are inappropriately recommending cannabis. “In my opinion, we need to take care of the doctors that are not recommending for real illness.”
Riggins reported that Siskiyou County is taking the state’s position in regards to the amount of marijuana that people with recommendations are allowed to grow and posses.
According to Sergeant Mike Gilley of the Eradicating Unit, Siskiyou County has adopted the standard limit established under SB 420, which took effect on Jan. 1, 2004 and protects patients from arrest provided they cultivate no more than six mature or twelve immature plants and possess no more than eight ounces of dried marijuana.
Under the provisions of SB 420, counties and cities are authorized to establish higher (but not lower) limits if they wish.
Riggins said that there have been arrests in Siskiyou County of people who exceeded their allowed limits.
Prime growing country
Long known as a prime region for marijuana cultivation, Siskiyou County, along with neighboring Humboldt, Mendocino and Trinity Counties have long been bastions for pot farming.
This dynamic exists, explained Riggins, because of the climate as well as the remoteness of these regions. Another factor, he added, is the large amount of public land.
The Sherriff’s Department encourages the public to exercise caution when travelling in remote areas, whether it is public or private land.
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