Reply #9: Sorry to break it to you... [View All]

...but it's true. A bit exaggerated, but true.

Here in California, patches of forest areas have been burned or cut down and replaced with illicit MJ gardens (fields is more like it) and the places turned into highly dangerous areas. Parts of Los Angeles National Forest are a mess, turned into a war-zone, and hikers are advised to stay away, as people have gone missing from the area.

Near my sister's place in Castro Valley, there was a woodsy area that was once a wonderful place to hike; my sister told me it's now considered an extremely dangerous area because of illicit MJ growers. Lots of trees cut down, too. Friends of hers (possibly friends of friends?) went for a hike in the area and came across guys with big guns (i.e. military-style rifles).

I dated a former soldier (American) who served in a combat role in Guatemala; he told me what goes on down there. Forests cleared, mass murders, you name it. It's horrible.

My sister and this person I dated are Liberals (I met the guy through Smirking Chimp). Heck, my sister used to smoke pot.

Sorry, but the business of MJ growing is not all peace and love. If you grow your own at your house, fine. But the stuff being sold on the street is coming from places described above. And the strongest argument for legalization of marijuana is that this violence--toward people and the environment--will end.