Grateful Heart
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Domestically grown marijuana is Kentucky’s number one cash crop"
So under the proposal of many of the reformers here... we'll simply legalize marijuana production and turn it over to the current 'farmers.' Such as all those nice 'farmers' in Kentucky currently cultivating it...
Local independent producers also distribute Mexico-produced marijuana, often using it as filler for their product. Mexican criminal groups--the primary transporters of Mexico-produced marijuana into Kentucky--usually sell wholesale quantities to local independent Caucasian dealers, who are the dominant retail distributors of Mexico-produced marijuana. Local independent Caucasian dealers also are the dominant retail distributors of locally produced marijuana. Retail marijuana sales usually occur in private residences, bars, and restaurants in the state.
The production of marijuana is increasingly associated with violence. Growers in Kentucky are known to protect themselves and their crops with firearms, explosives, and booby traps, posing a greater threat to law enforcement and the public. Marijuana growers operating on federal land in Kentucky have verbally and physically assaulted visitors to national forests. The U.S. Forest Service advises that booby-trapped cannabis cultivation sites may endanger visitors. The use of weapons and explosives has resulted in a rise in related crimes such as assaults, illegal possession of firearms, and murders. The number of weapons seized during cannabis eradication program operations nationwide has more than doubled over the past decade.
National Drug Intelligence Center
In other words... we'll be handing over Kentucky's number one cash crop to a group of law-breakers with current ties to Mexican drug cartels.
Sounds like a great plan.
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