Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar 2013 – John Melvin Walker is expected to plead guilty to drug and tax evasion charges. The marijuana shops evoked health and homeopathic care, with names like Dana Point Safe Harbor Collective, Belmont Shore Natural Care, Alternative Herbal Care and Costa Mesa Patients Assn.
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US CA: Pot Farms Wreak Habitat Havoc
Austin American-Statesman, 03 Feb 2013 – Growing Marijuana for California’s Medical Cannabis Boom Hurting Wildlife in Parts of State. EUREKA, CALIF. – California scientists, grappling with an explosion of marijuana growing, recently studied aerial imagery of a small tributary of the Eel River, spawning grounds for endangered coho salmon and other threatened fish.
posted on January 28, 2013 by
US CO: Colorado’s New High
Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan 2013 – Entrepreneurs Ramp Up After the State’s Voters Approved a Constitutional Amendment Legalizing Recreational Use of Pot DENVER – Two hedge-fund partners – monogrammed shirts, taut Windsor knots, cuff links – step into a hipster cafe called Sputnik on an unorthodox mission.
posted on January 21, 2013 by
US CA: Cultivating A Court Clash Over Medical Marijuana
Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan 2013 – Mendocino County Is Defying Federal Orders for Data on Registered Cannabis Growers. Mendocino County is fighting efforts by federal prosecutors to get records on medical marijuana growers who signed up for a program intended to sanction their businesses under state law.
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US CA: Pot Growers Ruining Environment In California
Albuquerque Journal, 02 Jan 2013 – Farms in Forests Divert Water, Poison Land and Animals EUREKA, Calif. – California scientists, grappling with an explosion of marijuana growing on the North Coast, recently studied aerial imagery of a small tributary of the Eel River, spawning grounds for endangered coho salmon and other threatened fish.
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US CA: Cultivating A Marijuana Mystery
Chicago Tribune, 02 Jan 2013 – Few Cartel Ties Found in Forest Operations WELDON, Calif. – A few minutes after 4 a.m., agents in camouflage cluster in a dusty field in central California. "Movement needs to be slow, deliberate and quiet," the team leader whispers. "Lock and load now."
posted on December 31, 2012 by
US CA: Pot In National Forests Tied To Mexicans – But Not
Washington Post, 31 Dec 2012 – U.S. Crackdown On Growers Fails To Lead To Big Players Weldon, calif. – A few minutes after 4 a.m., agents in camouflage cluster in a dusty field in Kern County, Calif. "Movement needs to be slow, deliberate and quiet," the team leader whispers. "Lock and load now."
posted on December 26, 2012 by
US CA: Cultivating A Pot Puzzle
Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec 2012 – Investigators Find It Difficult to Trace Marijuana Growth on National Forest Land to Mexican Cartels. WELDON, Calif. – A few minutes after 4 a.m., agents in camouflage cluster in a dusty field in Kern County. "Movement needs to be slow, deliberate and quiet," the team leader whispers. "Lock and load now."
posted on December 23, 2012 by
US CA: Pot Farms Take Dirty Toll
Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec 2012 – POT FARMS TAKE DIRTY TOLL State’s Medical Marijuana Boom Is Wreaking Havoc on Some Fragile Habitats. EUREKA, Calif. – State scientists, grappling with an explosion of marijuana growing on the North Coast, recently studied aerial imagery of a small tributary of the Eel River, spawning grounds for endangered coho salmon and other threatened fish.
posted on October 15, 2012 by
US CA: Calif Mom-And-Pop Pot Growers Struggle As High-Tech Moves
Seattle Times, 14 Oct 2012 – Big-Time Operators Cratering Prices Old Outdoor Growers Feel Loss of Community LAYTONVILLE, Mendocino County – In the mountains of Mendocino County, a middleaged couple stroll into the cool morning air to plant the year’s crop. Andrew grabs a shovel and begins to dig up rich black garden beds while Anna waters the seedlings, beginning a hallowed annual ritual here in marijuana’s Emerald Triangle.
