Supporters of Prop 64 hoped it would markedly reduce black market weed cultivation, particularly on public lands. Yet nearly two years later, illegal marijuana grows are still rampant, leaving behind a trail of garbage, dead animals and caustic chemicals.
When California voters legalized cannabis in 2016, supporters of Proposition 64 hoped it would significantly reduce the scourge of black market weed cultivation, particularly on public lands.
Drug traffickers created a makeshift kitchen at an illegal marijuana cultivation site in the Sierra National Forest near Whiskey Falls. “They’re getting deeper, darker and harder to find,” said McKinney. “They’re going into areas that haven’t seen human foot traffic in forever.”State officials hike up a hillside in the Sierra National Forest to the site of an illegal marijuana grow operation.
The damage doesn’t stop there. Growers leave behind tons of garbage, such as car batteries, propane tanks and food along with other caustic pesticides, herbicides and rodent killers. “Seeing this just makes me sick,” said Dean Gould, forest supervisor for the Sierra National Forest, while visiting the illegal grow site last week. “We have the most selfish possible example of the most destructive use of land to benefit a very select few.”
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