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2017-04-09 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Cartels are growing marijuana illegally in California ‐ and there's a war brewing

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-04-09 12:16|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Beards, kaffiyeh's, and Oakley's indicate you really mean business.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-04-09 12:26|| 2017-04-09 12:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Gov't doesn't like competition?

Posted by Glenmore 2017-04-09 13:29|| 2017-04-09 13:29|| Front Page Top

#3 A war, huh? Then fight it like a war. Clearing these growing sites certainly doesn't sound like a job for civilians. How about sending platoons of Army Rangers to do it? Surround the sites before the growers can escape and then deal with them as the enemy combatants they are.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-04-09 15:50|| 2017-04-09 15:50|| Front Page Top

#4 Its California. If its "war", I can almost guess which side the governing bodies of California will side with.

Posted by Crusader 2017-04-09 16:06|| 2017-04-09 16:06|| Front Page Top

#5 I can almost guess which side the governing bodies of California will side with

In this case, hopefully the side that puts money in their coffers (i.e. taxes).

Sometimes it's just about the money.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2017-04-09 17:32|| 2017-04-09 17:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Something tells me Round-up Ready marijuana isn't popular in California. So these operations should be easy enough to eliminate once found.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2017-04-09 21:22|| 2017-04-09 21:22|| Front Page Top

#7 The Federal government has a couple of bills in the House which provide for taxing marijuana. Essentially, oversight of weed would be transferred out of the DEA to the BATF and handled similar to alcohol.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-04-09 22:01|| 2017-04-09 22:01|| Front Page Top

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