GanjaGuru
12-17-2005, 07:16 AM
Jusat read an atricle that said the dea just revised their estimate of how much pot is grown in The Emeral Triangle (Mendocino, Humboldt and Trinity Counties in N. Calif, and where I live) from 1 billion bucks per year to 1.5 billion/year.
That's retail for small amt's on the street. Wholesale (what the growers get) is about 1/2 of that.
But 3/4 billion ain't shabby.
It represents 60% of the total $ that comes in to The Triangle.
Starting about 20 years ago, officials in these 3 counties realized the economic benefits having huge amt's of $ coming in.
That's why weed growing/selling is so prevelent here.
Shit some growers have helicopters landing on their property to load/transport marijuana.
And not only the growers benefit, everyone in the entire area does. Because pot growers buy land and cars and food and incense newspapers and their kids go to school.
And that of course means more politicians.
For the last 5 years, the sheriff's/D.A.'s have run one 1-issue platforms--laxer enforcement of pot laws.
A few years ago all Humboldt County allowed was about a dozen plants per person. A guy running for Sheriff and a guy running for D.A. said "elect us and we'll change that to 99 plants per person" and they did and they did.
In Mendocino County the voters passed Measure G in '00, cutting off all county funds for the arrest & prosecution of "mom-and-pop" growers. Everyone is allowed to have 25 plants per person. So if there was a guy and his wife and their kid they could grow 75 plants with no interference from the county.
In Trinity County so many people grow pot openly that earlier this year the Sheriff made an announcement in the local paper, asking growers to please plant their pot in their backyards, since some people were growing pot in plain view of passers-by on the street, and the cops were getting calls regarding kids ripping growers off.
Btw, the article I read also stated that this one relatively small area grows 5%
of all the pot grown in the entire United States!!!
It's a pot-growers paradise, that's for sure.
And it's why I moved here.
That's retail for small amt's on the street. Wholesale (what the growers get) is about 1/2 of that.
But 3/4 billion ain't shabby.
It represents 60% of the total $ that comes in to The Triangle.
Starting about 20 years ago, officials in these 3 counties realized the economic benefits having huge amt's of $ coming in.
That's why weed growing/selling is so prevelent here.
Shit some growers have helicopters landing on their property to load/transport marijuana.
And not only the growers benefit, everyone in the entire area does. Because pot growers buy land and cars and food and incense newspapers and their kids go to school.
And that of course means more politicians.
For the last 5 years, the sheriff's/D.A.'s have run one 1-issue platforms--laxer enforcement of pot laws.
A few years ago all Humboldt County allowed was about a dozen plants per person. A guy running for Sheriff and a guy running for D.A. said "elect us and we'll change that to 99 plants per person" and they did and they did.
In Mendocino County the voters passed Measure G in '00, cutting off all county funds for the arrest & prosecution of "mom-and-pop" growers. Everyone is allowed to have 25 plants per person. So if there was a guy and his wife and their kid they could grow 75 plants with no interference from the county.
In Trinity County so many people grow pot openly that earlier this year the Sheriff made an announcement in the local paper, asking growers to please plant their pot in their backyards, since some people were growing pot in plain view of passers-by on the street, and the cops were getting calls regarding kids ripping growers off.
Btw, the article I read also stated that this one relatively small area grows 5%
of all the pot grown in the entire United States!!!
It's a pot-growers paradise, that's for sure.
And it's why I moved here.