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Farmers vs. fish, pot-growing edition

Posted on | December 23, 2012 | 1 Comment 

From the Joe Mozingo at the LA Times:

The marijuana boom that came with the sudden rise of medical cannabis in California has wreaked havoc on the fragile habitats of the North Coast and other parts of California. With little or no oversight, farmers have illegally mowed down timber, graded mountaintops flat for sprawling greenhouses, dispersed poisons and pesticides, drained streams and polluted watersheds.

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One Response to “Farmers vs. fish, pot-growing edition”

  1. Eli Rabett
    December 25th, 2012 @ 10:17 am

    Yes, clearly what is needed is magic GMO weed

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