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Marijuana Inc.
Flying over northern California, you will see row upon row of marijuana fields. These rows are worth multi-millions and are left in plain sight. This is “evidence of a lucrative, but also increasingly violent, underground pot industry”. This industry has become a large part of that county’s economy. Many people in this industry are turning to guns as protection, robberies in search of drug stashes, and arrival of Mexican drug cartels.
Tags: Mendocino County; Emerald Triangle; narcotics; growers; pot brokers; business; trade; Federal Drug Enforcement Administration
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The Atlantic Monthly takes a look at criminal punishment for violating marijuana laws; finds that there are more people in prison today for this offense than at any other time and that laws and enforcement vary from state to state; profiles Mark Young who was given a life sentence for brokering a sale, Aug., 1994.