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California Attorney General Lockyer Announces Record-Breaking Marijuana Busts
1.2 Million Plants Worth $4.9 Billion Seized
All American Patriots | 09/11/2006

California Attorney General Bill Lockyer today announced the California Department of Justice (DOJ) Campaign Against Marijuana Planting (CAMP) program has eradicated 1,215,042 illegally cultivated marijuana plants worth $4.9 billion during 2006. This number surpasses the prior record of 1,134,692 worth $4.5 billion set in 2005 during that year’s eradication season.

“This is another record breaking year in finding and destroying illegal enterprises,” Lockyer said. “Our agents are finding larger and larger gardens worth tens of millions. It is not unusual for a single garden to have 20,000 plants. And, the season is not over. DOJ and partner agencies are still in the fields and on mountainsides. These officers are tenacious and their hard work makes CAMP’s success possible.”

CAMP’s most recent raids in Fresno, Trinity, Shasta, Riverside and Lake counties slid past season totals for 2005's record-breaking year by 80,350 plants. To date, the 2006 season has led to the eradication of 335 gardens, arrest of 18 suspects and seizure of 17 weapons. In contrast, the previous season totaled 753 gardens, 42 arrests and 76 seized weapons. CAMP’s work began in July and will continue into October.

This year’s results build upon a six-year trend of dramatically increased seizures. In addition to large garden sizes, an increased number of deployment teams, aerial surveillance and aerial transportation of officers contribute to growing seizure amounts. In the 23-year history of the CAMP program, agents have eradicated over five million plants with a value of more than $20 billion.

In 2006, counties with the largest number of illegally cultivated marijuana plants include Shasta, with 204,571 plants worth $818,284,000; Lake, with 186,327 plants worth $745,308,000; and Mendocino, with 114,441 plants worth $457,764,000. Eradication from more populous counties include San Bernardino, with 83,678 plants worth $334,712,000; Fresno, with 81,689 plants worth $326,756,000; and Santa Clara, with 38,875 plants worth $155,500,000.

CAMP's primary objective is reducing the supply of marijuana to the illegal drug trade by eradicating large marijuana crop sites. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, California National Guard, California Department of Fish and Game and dozens of local police and sheriff departments throughout the state participate in the program.

 

walstmonky

Every year a new record. CAMP you're really doing a heckuva job.

Buzzby

The implication is, of course, that these law enforcement types are taking weed off the market by making "record-setting busts". The truth is just the opposite. Law enforcement typically intercepts around 10% of the pot before it can get to market. Bigger busts mean that there is more pot on its way to consumers, not less.

They say it themselves:Bigger gardens = more weed. For every "larger garden" they destroy there are nine "larger gardens" that they don't.

As long as a plant that grows in the ground is worth more than $1,000, it will always be profitable to accept a loss of 10% to these pesky LEOs. They can throw as much money as they want at interdiction. The growers will plant more to make up for the losses. The only way to eliminate these big grows on public land is to legalize marijuana.

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Tokamak

Thanks CAMP! You guys did us a huge favor by getting rid of all that low quality outdoor-grown pot. Seeing as you haven't effected price or overall supply, you've just increased the probability that my dealer will have good hydroponic bud to sell me, rather than pawning off the midsy stuff grown up in the hills.

Peace.

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dredpiratrobert

is the monetary figures they regurgitate year after year-- $4.9 billion BAH! Bah I say! That estimates that average plant weight is 1lb. each... okay I am not saying it's impossible-- in fact it's likely that these plants would have a pound of bud each. However, a pound of outdoor commersh dosen't cost $4000--- I think most distributors know that-- for an accurate estimate multiply these numbers by .6 and it would more likely be a number inbetween that and the CAMP estimate.

Sorry CAMP but you are all full of SH!T....

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