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How Bees Revealed a Pot Farm Beneath the Maraschino Cherries

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Re: How Bees Revealed a Pot Farm Beneath the Maraschino Cherries

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Post by DanBC »

DarkTree wrote: post #4

Every time an event like this happens, or kidnapped victims are revealed being hidden in a house for the past 15 years, or a previously unknown serial-killer is finally caught, it makes me wonder how many of these events are still carrying on unnoticed.

Modern slaves who are trapped in homes and forced to farm cannabis is a thing in England, so that's probably more common than you think over here.

Here's an article from 2008. http://www.newstatesman.com/law-and-reform/2008/11/cannabis-...

And another from 2015. http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0LU00P20150226

Re: How Bees Revealed a Pot Farm Beneath the Maraschino Cherries

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Post by hlfw0rd »

rwmj wrote: post #6

How close to being legalized is pot in New York?

New York legalized cannabis for medical purposes in July of 2014. You should see dispensaries opening in January of 2016 (18 month implementation plan).

http://nypost.com/2014/07/07/ny-becomes-23rd-state-to-allow-...

Re: How Bees Revealed a Pot Farm Beneath the Maraschino Cherries

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Post by hlfw0rd »

DanBC wrote: post #11
DarkTree wrote: post #4

Every time an event like this happens, or kidnapped victims are revealed being hidden in a house for the past 15 years, or a previously unknown serial-killer is finally caught, it makes me wonder how many of these events are still carrying on unnoticed.

Modern slaves who are trapped in homes and forced to farm cannabis is a thing in England, so that's probably more common than you think over here. Here's an article from 2008. http://www.newstatesman.com/law-and-reform/2008/11/cannabis-... And another from 2015. http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0LU00P20150226

I stand corrected. Wow..

Re: How Bees Revealed a Pot Farm Beneath the Maraschino Cherries

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Post by cthalupa »

I'm glad we're spending so many resources and so much time to find people growing pot in the US. It's time well spent to battle the stoner scourge, and people growing it domestically represent a much higher risk than dealing with drug dealers in Mexico.

It's a bonus that we got this menace to society to commit suicide when confronted, too. He might have tried to fool us with his having a family, and working with the beekeepers to resolve the problem preventing them from producing honey, but the man even did cocaine. The streets are safer with him off of them.

edit: yes, satire.

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Post by sliverstorm »

cthalupa wrote: post #14

I'm glad we're spending so many resources and so much time to find people growing pot in the US. It's time well spent to battle the stoner scourge, and people growing it domestically represent a much higher risk than dealing with drug dealers in Mexico. It's a bonus that we got this menace to society to commit suicide when confronted, too. He might have tried to fool us with his having a family, and working with the…

I agree there are busts that seem pointless, but there are also busts that make sense. I'm in favor of busting the armed narcos growing on public lands.

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Post by jessaustin »

cthalupa wrote: post #14

I'm glad we're spending so many resources and so much time to find people growing pot in the US. It's time well spent to battle the stoner scourge, and people growing it domestically represent a much higher risk than dealing with drug dealers in Mexico. It's a bonus that we got this menace to society to commit suicide when confronted, too. He might have tried to fool us with his having a family, and working with the…

Yes all public employees associated with this event should be very proud, that they saved the public from a factory owner who had paid hundreds of employees a living wage, for decades. We're better off without that sort!

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Post by jessaustin »

DanBC wrote: post #11
DarkTree wrote: post #4

Every time an event like this happens, or kidnapped victims are revealed being hidden in a house for the past 15 years, or a previously unknown serial-killer is finally caught, it makes me wonder how many of these events are still carrying on unnoticed.

Modern slaves who are trapped in homes and forced to farm cannabis is a thing in England, so that's probably more common than you think over here. Here's an article from 2008. http://www.newstatesman.com/law-and-reform/2008/11/cannabis-... And another from 2015. http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0LU00P20150226

Apparently prosecutors are more eager to prosecute slavery victims than actual slavers! How I wish I weren't surprised, but if they can stomach sending people to prison for growing pot, it's not such a step to sending people to prison for being forced to grow pot.
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