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Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Drought Dries Up Mexico's Marijuana Crop


Drug growers in Mexico are feeling the heat, but not from enhanced government security. A harsh drought has reduced their crops of marijuana and opium poppies and is forcing cartels to ramp of their production of other, synthetic drugs. 
One effect of the lack of rains is that drug planting has "declined considerably," said Gen. Pedro Gurrola, commander of army forces in the state of Sinaloa, the cradle of the drug cartel by the same name.


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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

One more reason to legalize. No more cartel influence with marijuana.

Anonymous said...

405-Then the cartels have a leg up on any legit business. They already have the production capacity/means, as well as transport to market.


Decriminalize it. No taxation. Just grow it like you would like any other herb.


Nobody wants that mexican crapola anyway. Dirt weed, picked and packaged before it's matured, then bricked up for your 14 year old. Disgusting junk.

smack said...

Mexico WEED is JUNK weed...HYDRO is the only way to go....