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Re: Mexican Pot Growers Are Polluting American Wilderness

Subject: Re: Mexican Pot Growers Are Polluting American Wilderness
From: "Bernie Krause" bigchirp1
Date: Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:50 am ((PDT))
I don't believe capitalism (free enterprise) distinguishes between
borders or background. Just another example of the global economy.

Bernie

On Oct 15, 2008, at 8:43 AM, davem98607 wrote:

> > Turns out that most of the illegal growers in our
> > pristine national parks are just plain ol' American joe sixpacks
> > looking to make a little extra quick coin...like those in Sequoia/
> > Kings Canyon and on the fringes of Yosemite. Yup. You betcha.
>
> Around here it is definitely the Mexican drug cartel who is in charge
> of most of the grows:
>
> Reservation used to grow marijuana -
> http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/
> 122118632
> 132350.xml&coll=3D7
>
> Mexican cartel's pot 'gardens' pollute area forests -
> http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?s=3D9162236
>
> Fish & Wildlife Troopers Find Large Marijuana Grow Site near The
> Dalles -
> http://www.oregon.gov/OSP/NEWSRL/news/
> 05_31_2007_thedalles_mjgrow.shtml
>
> Feds arrest four in growing marijuana in Tillamook County -
> http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/
> feds_arrest_four_in_ti
> llamook.html
>
> Note also that the original story is from the Associated Press, and
> was carried by:
> NPR - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3D95638289
> CBS -
> http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/11/national/main4515320.shtml?
> source=3Dmostpop_story
> USA Today - http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-10-11-
> 3233436149_x.htm
> etc.
>
> I am no fan of Faux News, I just thought I should point out that they
> did not write it.
>
>
>

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