Officials: Mexican Pot Growers Are Polluting American Wilderness

FOXNews.com ^ | Saturday, October 11, 2008 | Associated Press

[metmom]

PORTERVILLE, Calif. — National forests and parks — long popular with Mexican marijuana-growing cartels — have become home to some of the most polluted pockets of wilderness in America because of the toxic chemicals needed to eke lucrative harvests from rocky mountainsides, federal officials said.

The grow sites have taken hold from the West Coast's Cascade Mountains, as well as on federal lands in Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia.

[Ken H]

Do you think pot prohibition has not been a failure?

[EGPWS]

Sad to say, this is more likely to get people’s attention and get some to demand border control that the cost in human lives from crime. Or the cost to society for the drain the illegals are on our society and economy.

Border control?

We don't neeeed no steeenkin' border control.

[EGPWS]

And neither is your statement.

Does that mean I fit the mold and....Oh, I'm being pinged. ; )

[EGPWS]

Do you think pot prohibition has not been a failure?

I could care less.

Give me freedom and prosperity and a nation strong enough to promote it and when life is good enough to lack concern for "important" issues I'll give it some thought personally.

[Natchez Hawk]

“Does that mean I fit the mold and...Oh I’m being pinged.”

Not exactly friend—you should look for your own place—don’t try to fit in any mold. You’re better than that.

And if you’re being pinged...well, I hope it is because you are interested in the opinions of others...

and not because you need others to tell you what to think. ;^=)

[Ken H]

I could care less.

You cared enough to respond to a claim that pot prohibition was a failure.

[Natchez Hawk]

“I could care less...Give me freedom and prosperity...”

You ‘cared’ enough to argue against the freedom of others.

[Kiss Me Hardy]

blood, bone, chicken poo — they’re not going to pollute anything.

Colchizine isn’t pleasant, but it’s only used to make the seeds’ genes go berserk, and in minute amounts.

This story sounds more like the lobbying of bureaucrats who want a bigger budget and a new department or two.

[EGPWS]

You cared enough to respond to a claim that pot prohibition was a failure.

I placed my priorities on roster comfortably and my priorities are well placed to bring personal contentment.

It's a slow day and I met some new FRiends.

I STILL could care less about "POT" law's for it should be way down on the list of concern by all who live these day's.

[Fichori]

The Federal Boondoggle needs to do two things:
1: Create a school that teaches how to safely identify and neutralize Mexican pot growers.
2: Issue licenses and tags.

Problem solved.

[DemonDeac]

“More B.S. propaganda from the Jihad on drugs.”

The war on drugs has been a failure and an amazing waste of resources and generator of violence.

[Natchez Hawk]

Truly you are right friend.

So many lives ruined, so many families destroyed, so many drugs still around.

[trussell]

Hemp was once used to make rope. I would imagine the ancient dwellers of many National Parks grew it and used it for that as well as for their peace pipe rituals.

[metmom]

Open season all year long.

[Huck]

The penalty/risk for growing is so much more severe than it is for possession of under an ounce, it makes growing an enterprise that only criminals or people with a stupid toleranc for risk to engage in.

If you want to see the criminal element taken out of the pot dealing game, you've got to change the law. Make growing/possessing legal. Problem solved.

[TigersEye]

Then make it legal. Problem solved.

Yep.

[TigersEye]

Nixon did that in the ‘70s. It’s called the DEA. Any more bright ideas?

[TADSLOS]

Here's an interesting site. Pick a state. Any state. And see God's Chilrun' on display.

DEA Most Wanted

[Fichori]

I was actually talking about citizens repelling the Mexican invasion by letting the Fish and Game department regulate the hunting of Mexican Pot Growers.

Instead of costing the government like the DEA does, it would make the government money.

[metmom]

There must be some computer glitch. I picked a couple US states and all I got was Mexican names and profiles.