Competition is doing what law enforcement can't

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Stiff competition from thousands of mom-and-pop marijuana farmers in the United States threatens the bottom line for powerful Mexican drug organizations in a way that decades of arrests and seizures have not, according to law enforcement officials and pot growers in the United States and Mexico.

The hoard of small time growers in the US is cutting into the profits of the Mexican cartels. And it's doing so far more effectively then law enforcement ever did.

The Mexican traffickers' illegal use of public lands is a response to the dramatic increase in U.S. production, according to authorities and growers. In the northern woods of California, illegal immigrants hired by well-heeled Mexican "patrons," or bosses, lay miles of plastic pipe and install oscillating sprinkler systems for clandestine fields that produce a cheaper, faster-growing "commercial grade" of marijuana.

One big side effect has been the recent push by Mexican cartels to grow high quality pot on public land in the US. This is probably the most destructive part of the whole thing.

Jay

Post #315,205 by jay 10/6/09 11:21:20 PM Reply	Competition is doing what law enforcement can't http://www.washingto...009100603847.html Stiff competition from thousands of mom-and-pop marijuana farmers in the United States threatens the bottom line for powerful Mexican drug organizations in a way that decades of arrests and seizures have not, according to law enforcement officials and pot growers in the United States and Mexico. The hoard of small time growers in the US is cutting into the profits of the Mexican cartels. And it's doing so far more effectively then law enforcement ever did. The Mexican traffickers' illegal use of public lands is a response to the dramatic increase in U.S. production, according to authorities and growers. In the northern woods of California, illegal immigrants hired by well-heeled Mexican "patrons," or bosses, lay miles of plastic pipe and install oscillating sprinkler systems for clandestine fields that produce a cheaper, faster-growing "commercial grade" of marijuana. One big side effect has been the recent push by Mexican cartels to grow high quality pot on public land in the US. This is probably the most destructive part of the whole thing. Jay
Post #315,259 by lincoln 10/7/09 4:52:53 PM Reply	Re: Competition is doing what law enforcement can't Playboy magazine had a story a few years ago about tons of high quality pot being grown in British Columbia and sold in the USA. But they don't grow enough to put a dent in the Latin American drug trade. "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow
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