Feds Launch Massive Pot Sting

Once again the federal Government is busting commercial grow ops, this time in Humboldt county, California.
Medical marijuana dispensaries and 215 patients would not be targeted by the investigation, Schadler said. The Humboldt Cooperative, a medical marijuana dispensary in Arcata, said Tuesday evening that federal agents had not interfered with business.

”We're not here to set policy or interfere with California's compassionate use laws,” Schadler said. The FBI is investigating “for-profit and corporate grow operations beyond the scope of 215.”
I hope they're telling the truth, the big "commercial" grow ops are just asking for it anyway. Long live 215!

In the area I live

In the area I live (sono-mendo line) I sure hear of a lot more pot busts than meth lab busts. No sense at all. Legalize pot and let the cops find those heinous, polluting meth labs.

*sigh*For some reason I don't

*sigh*

For some reason I don't trust the feds when they say that. Maybe it's the ridiculous number of times they've lied in the past, but it just doesnt seem right. Out of curiosity, don't even despensaries make profit?

-Thomas
Editor: buy salvia.biz

Marijuana is harmless

Marijuana is harmless compared to the scourge of crystal meth in Northern California. How about going after the methamphetamine labs instead? It's been reported there are as many as 50 meth labs near the mouth of the Klamath River, yet law enforcement never takes any action there:

http://goodneighborlaw.com/articles_GNL/2007/7-18CauseSalmonDeaths.htm

Excerpts:

According to the Del Norte Sheriff's Department, the Humboldt County Sheriff's Department and Larry Hand of the California Conservation Corps (CCC), a CCC crew run by John Buttons discovered several large glass flasks used for cooking methamphetamine on Ohpah Creek, a tributary of the Klamath River just 21 miles from the mouth of the river. The flasks were found in the summer of 2002 and were left on Simpson Timber Company land above the Ohpah Creek Ranch. It now turns out the flasks were part of what is known as a "meth dump." That is where the unused residue and cooking utensils from labs are discarded. A Humboldt County Sheriff's Department official used a recent dumpsite at Colusa, to explain, "Mexican nationals had dumped their old chemicals and supplies into an irrigation canal."

Two persons interviewed claimed there are five meth labs between Weitchpec and the river mouth. One of the labs is known to both civilian and law enforcement as the "Crystal Palace." When asked, one Siskiyou County law enforcement official said, "If the truth were know, there are probably 50 labs." ... The entire 41 miles of river between Weitchpec and the river mouth has no roads and is completely isolated from any civilization.

There are dozens of documented cases of Mexican and Asian drug cartels using remote areas to both grow marijuana, and manufacture meth. These cases include the Klamath River area. This has resulted in concerns for the safety of all users; either national forests and/or Bureau of Land Management lands or those who simply explore for recreation.

 

Hey, great comment, but it

Hey, great comment, but it would of been a better story :P