The Department of Homeland Security in conjunction with the DEA, U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as well as local agencies, targeted and destroyed almost 600,000 pot plants worth an estimated $1B, all growing on federal land in Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington.1×1.trans HOMELAND SECURITY: NEW WAR ON PLANTS!
Operation Mountain Sweep is another costly government program meant to eradicate the U.S. of the deadly marijuana plant…
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Along with the uprooting, 14 people in California have been indicted and now face years in the court system and most likely, years in jail.
In a statement released by the kindly folks at Mountain Sweep, they indicate that pot farms can do long-term damage to public lands by destroying trees and vegetation, introducing chemicals and pesticides, diverting water sources, and generating large amounts of trash. Good point! Throw them in jail! The whole lot of them!!!
“Those who cultivate marijuana on public lands pose a safety threat to the public and an environmental threat to the land. Many of the grow sites are controlled by drug trafficking organizations, which arm their cultivators with dangerous firearms. The poisons they spread kill wildlife and native plants and pollute watersheds.” The press release concluded.
The operation will continue through the end of August, authorities said.