Under the headline "The Benefits to Legalizing Pot You
Haven't Heard About" Ami Cholia couldn't be more on target or more timely. In this
Huffington Post article she outlines the pollution and depredation of unpopulated areas like national forests by illegal marijuana-growing cartels, a side of the drug trade usually, and deliberately, hidden from view.
The article focuses on Mexican cartels which have set up "farms" in California. To make her point crystal clear,
Yahoo News (among many others) reported a few weeks ago that the 88,000 acre forest fire in Santa Barbara County was caused by armed campers guarding 30,000 marijuana plants.
The article focuses on Mexican cartels which have set up "farms" in California. To make her point crystal clear, Yahoo News (among many others) reported a few weeks ago that the 88,000 acre forest fire in Santa Barbara County was caused by armed campers guarding 30,000 marijuana plants.