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08-Aug-2008
From CNN.com: Illegal immigrants connected to Mexico's drug cartels are growing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of marijuana in the heart of one of America's national treasures, authorities say....Ten thousand marijuana plants, some 5 feet tall, dotted the mountainside's steep terrain amid thick brush, often located near streams....Over the last eight days, a federal, state and county law enforcement initiative called Operation LOCCUST has eradicated 420,000 marijuana plants here worth more than $1 billion on the street. This is exactly what went on during Prohibition. Criminals made fortunes and people clamored for alcohol that was forbidden them by the government. When alcohol was decriminalized, the government was able to tax it and pass laws that could be enforced because the money in distilling illegal booze fell...
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