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'Spot Pot, Get A Lot' program gives tipsters $$

Hopes are extra incentive will aid in drug fight

By Andrew Kirk | Deseret Morning News | August 12, 2004

Utah hunters are being asked to keep their eye out for a different type of wildlife than what they're used to: marijuana plants.

Local law enforcement agencies are embarking on a new marijuana eradication cam- paign called the "Spot Pot, Get A Lot" program, it was announced Wednesday by Major Rich Townsend, chief of the state Bureau of Investigation.

Hikers, hunters, 4-wheelers and other outdoor enthusiasts have been successful in spotting entire groves of the illegal plants in Wasatch Front canyons. Thousands of plants worth millions of dollars have only been found with help from citizens, Townsend said.

"When you pluck up 9,000 plants in the canyons, it leads you to believe there's more than we're aware of," he said.

The "Spot Pot, Get A Lot" campaign introduces a new technique in fighting marijuana growers: a toll-free hot line at 1-888-POT-FOUND. Tips leading to large growth finds may yield as much as a $1,000 reward.

"We haven't been successful looking for marijuana growths, citizens have been the most successful," he said. "We wanted to reward them and give additional incentive."

Law enforcement has trouble finding large growths in the mountains because they're too hard to see from the air. They're planted so they blend in with the foliage.

To recruit more help from outdoor enthusiasts, ads with the hot line number and the money offer will be posted in their publications, Townsend said.

"It's our feeling, and it's backed up by the crime we deal with, that marijuana is a gateway drug to harder and more dangerous drugs. And the effect on driving is dangerous," he said. "People shouldn't be allowed to smoke it."

[Greenbudnote: Mayyyybeee...if they legalized marijuana...it would remove it from the association with hard drugs. And hey, people aren't supposed to be smoking it, but they are. All of the militant law enforcement and rabid pot eradication programs aren't making an iota of difference. People will always smoke pot, regardless. It's a shame these LE bozos are too brainwashed to see the truth.]

Tips to the hot line will be passed on to city police or county sheriffs by the bureau wherever the suspected growing is taking place. In this way, the bureau is functioning more as a channel to facilitate local law enforcement.

Because Utah's growing season is relatively short, indoor marijuana growing is on the rise, Townsend said. While county sheriffs will usually be called out to investigate large growths in the mountains, operations growing more than would be needed for personal use in a basement or garage will be viewed similarly with the wilderness endeavors with thousands of plants, he said.

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xxdr_zombiexx

TIPS: Turn In Pot Smokers.

Since we have actually LITTLE to fear from "terra" (Wolf has been cried one too many times, now - 1 | 2) the State and Federal Governments wish to remind you about the threat within.

Danger lurks in every cornfield, and in every home with pulled window blinds and odd hours of use. And that demon weed, with its roots in Hell, is a gateway to even worser things.

Trust noone. Except the Government, of course. And Law Enforcement: they are the government too.

Patriots turn in pot smokers as these are dangerous people.



Besides, it's election season and there are a bunch of candidates that want to brag about being "tough on drugs, tough on crime," and short on real answers to anything. So they want stories of "marijuana being taken off the streets" to "protect the children".

Remember: Your Government would never lie for political gain.

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Alien Space Signal

There's no money for your issue so long as we're squandering $50 billion a year on the DrugWar. Ben Masel

Fear became the ultimate tool of this government - V.

Mamabudz

The amount that Utah et al are paying off better be TONS more than the common smoker will save by making an impromptu Change In Plans adding Flower Picking to his hunting regimen...

Just imagine the Smoked Venison in THAT Venison stew

...or the look of joy on his dear wife's face as he enter's the cabin that night...

"Oh Honey! Guess what WE have to add to our Winter supplies???" Yup Santa came early this year

...have a cookie

Hugz,

Mama Budz

Higher Logic

I can't believe they used the "gateway drug" pitch ALONG with the "driving" pitch...but it's OK to say "Don't Drink & Drive" because they know it's not good to do but still allow it.

Law Enforcement and the Government make me sick to my stomach. What a shameful thing to be a part of.

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SLC stoner

Hey everyone, long-time reader first-time poster.

I live right below one of the canyons in the wasatch front and I think this program is cute. The canyons in this state are so rugged and inaccesible it's no wonder they've been having trouble finding plants.

Back in my guerrilla growing days it was no problem to find a fairly-large plot that would be almost impossible to find unless you knew right were to look. With the landscape out here the way it is, anyone who has their plants growing in a place where hikers, hunters, or other outdoor enthusiasts can spot it deserves to have their crop destroyed.

I would accuse them of wasting the taxpayers money, but I honestly don't think they'll be giving anyone the $1000 reward.

 

smoking_joe_lee

Gather some lame seeds, even hemp seeds and scatter them in an assortment of locations. With hemp we need not worry about "the children" getting hold of any mary ju wanna and getting high. Besides, these guys probably don't know the difference. When the plants start growing, report your discovery and start collecting the cash! Don't report all locations at one time. After an appropriate amount of time, tell 'em you spotted 'mo pot and want 'mo money!

I'm smoking joe and was just kiddin'. Don't want anyone gittin' in trouble...

Higher Logic

I didn't realize there were "hemp" seeds; all cannabis is the same, hemp is just what you call the fibers which are usually harvested before the flowering process begins.

Suetaz

I'm not positive, but I don't think hemp seeds and marijuana seeds are the same. I eat hemp seeds, I love them and they are the healthiest food you can eat. I'm amazed that I actually love something healthy, but they are really good. Not a lot of flavor though. Sort of a cross between a sunflower seed taste and a light tasting nut. They're great for anyone with digestive problems with eating meat, dairy products and milk and for anyone with bowel problems. The seeds I've seen in crappy weed don't look like the hemp seeds I eat, but they're similar. Never tried eating the seeds found in marijuana before, so I don't know if they taste the same.

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Higher Logic

Here's what I gather: there is no "hemp" strain that is different from any other "marijuana seed." Remember, marijuana is slang, it's all cannabis. You can buy "hemp seeds" but they seem to be sterile, meaning you cannot actually grow them. This is done though some sort of process, while "bag seed" can or cannot be sterile. The DEA and government, however, make no distinction between a sterile seed and a bag seed.

xxdr_zombiexx

Further proof it is NOT about getting high and that it is entirely about protecting the oil, extractive, and pharmaceutical corporations.