Thread: Big pot raids in Siskiyou, Napa counties

Big pot raids in Siskiyou, Napa counties

The Associated Press
3:32 p.m. August 21, 2009

YREKA, Calif. — Authorities say they're about to destroy what they're calling one of the largest marijuana gardens ever discovered in Siskiyou County.

Sheriff officials say law enforcement doing a flyover of the Low Gap area near Seiad Valley this week spotted several growing operations, including one that had about 50,000 pot plants.

Authorities plan to raid the gardens on the ground to destroy the plants.

In Napa County, authorities destroyed 12,700 marijuana plants Wednesday in raids in the Robert Louis Stevenson and Bothe-Napa Valley state parks. They estimate the street value of the crop to be $38.1 million.
Rangers in Yosemite National Park got rid of 4,735 marijuana plants valued at nearly $19 million on Thursday, as well. Two suspects fled before agents could arrest them.

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Migrate farmers at their best?

Well, when half the population of California wants to legalize pot what would you expect? I saw a comment though where someone figured the Los Padres 88,000 acre fire would have been avoided if pot was legal.. What an idiotic dream! There would probably be more Mexican pot growers causing fires, then.

The Denver Post Jul 23, 2009

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Alaska

Pot decriminalized
Details About this report

Possession - Incarceration - Fine
1 oz or less in your residence or home no penalty N/A N/A

1 oz to 4 oz misdemeanor 90 days $1,000
More than 4 oz, or 25 or more plants felony 5 years $50,000
Any amount within 500 feet of school grounds or rec. center* felony 5 years $50,000

* If charged with possession of marijuana in a school zone, an affirmative defense may be raised in court that the conduct took place entirely within a private residence.

Sale or Cultivation
Sale less than 1 oz misdemeanor 1 year $5,000
1 oz or more felony 5 years $50,000
Miscellaneous (paraphernalia, license suspensions, drug tax stamps, etc...)
Maintaining any structure or dwelling for keeping and distributing marijuana felony 5 years $50,000
Details

Possession of one ounce or less of marijuana in the privacy of the home is legal. The status of possessing an amount between one ounce and four ounces is unclear, pending clarification by the courts. Possession of 4 ounces or more of marijuana is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000.

Possession of less than 25 plants is protected under the Alaska Constitution’s right to privacy (See Ravin v. Alaska). Possession of 25 or more marijuana plants is “Misconduct involving a controlled substance in the fourth degreeâ€

Where has the drug enforcement been going in the USA? and on our borders?