Bling Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 SPOKANE, Washington (AP) -- Law enforcement officers harvested a dubious record last year -- enough marijuana plants to rank the illegal weed as Washington state's No. 8 agricultural commodity, edging out sweet cherries in value.The 135,323 marijuana plants seized in 2005 were estimated to be worth $270 million -- a record amount that places the crop among the state's top 10 agricultural commodities, based on the most recent statistics available."We're struck by the amount of work they put into it," said Rich Wiley, who heads the Washington State Patrol narcotics program. "It's very labor intensive. They often run individual drip lines to each plant, and are out there fertilizing them."The net results have a tremendous payoff to illegal growers, said Wiley, who coordinates pot busts with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and local law enforcement agencies. A single plant can produce as much as a pound of processed marijuana, worth an estimated $2,000, he said.The estimated $270 million value of the plants seized in 2005 ranked just above sweet cherries, which were valued at $242 million in 2004, and just below the $329 million the state's nurseries and greenhouses produced. Apples are the state's No. 1 agricultural commodity, bringing $962.5 million in 2004.This is the seventh year in a row that record numbers of marijuana plants have been seized and destroyed statewide, the State Patrol said. The state's known pot harvest, based on seizures, went from 66,521 plants in 2003 to 132,941 in 2004, then to 135,323 last year.Most of the growing operations were in eastern Washington, principally outdoors on federal or state land in remote locations near a source of water, the State Patrol said.In recent years, marijuana crops have been larger and more sophisticated than in the past, law enforcement spokesmen said.Douglas County sheriff's Chief Criminal Deputy Robbin Wagg said while some "mom and pop" crops of 500 or fewer plants are still being found, most are larger and more sophisticated, with as many as 10,000 plants being irrigated and tended.Effects of war, KatrinaMarijuana eradication efforts have been hampered by cutbacks in Air National Guard budgets and personnel have been assigned to tasks related to the Iraq war, Wagg said. National Guard helicopters are the most productive way to spot marijuana patches in the county's remote fields and draws, he said."We used to get three or four days of flying time. Now, it's one to one-and-a-half days," he said. "They do a great job for us."Wiley said last year, three National Guard helicopters and three provided by the DEA flew for a month during the marijuana harvest season in late summer, before they were assigned to Hurricane Katrina duties. About 80 percent of the finds are made from the air, he said.Facing their own budget restrictions, law enforcement agencies in north-central Washington estimate they find perhaps half of the pot being grown illegally."We get half if we're lucky and good," Wagg said.http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/17/marijuana.harvest.ap/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HouseJunkie Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Not to worry weed-heads, this will not affect the street price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest swirlundergrounder Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 The weed up there is known to be some of the best weed in the world! TRUST ME BITCHES!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LeVeL Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 The weed up there is known to be some of the best weed in the world! TRUST ME BITCHES!!!I agree with this statement 100%, I saw a report about how Washingston state is known for the most potent Hydroponic weed out there. Second too Vancouver which is acroos the border acourse, supposively the weed that comes to Washington State is harvested in Vancouver, British Columbia.Supposively there are 8,000 marijuana grow operation in British Columbia alone and the giverntment doesn't know how to stop it. There are vent island full of this, thats just amazing.Vancouver is slowly becoming the next amsterdam but who knows now since they elected Stephen Harper the Canadian Conservative Party Leader into office last week, so things might change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest swirlundergrounder Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 The weed up there is known to be some of the best weed in the world! TRUST ME BITCHES!!!I agree with this statement 100%' date=' I saw a report about how Washingston state is known for the most potent Hydroponic weed out there. Second too Vancouver which is acroos the border acourse, supposively the weed that comes to Washington State is harvested in Vancouver, British Columbia.Supposively there are 8,000 marijuana grow operation in British Columbia alone and the giverntment doesn't know how to stop it. There are vent island full of this, thats just amazing.Vancouver is slowly becoming the next amsterdam but who knows now since they elected Stephen Harper the Canadian Conservative Party Leader into office last week, so things might change.[img']http://www.cannabisculture.com/library/images/uploads/4645-toews_vic050201.jpgYeah. weed up there costs 1/3 as much as it does in the U.S. back in the day you can go up to B.C and buy a pound of weed for a little over $1000 canadian and then smuggle it back into the US and sell it for $3500 USD! There are smoke shops in Vancouver where you can just go into and light up and not worry about getting into trouble. But I wouldn't know anything about the above mentioned topics...I just hear stories.... :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LeVeL Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Hey Terry pass the joint!! ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dahzel Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 weed needs to be de-criminalized so it can at least be taxed. it would be a good source of income for the country.my buddy was in vancouver not too long ago and was looking for some shit. so he goes into a cofee shop and asks whats up. the guy tells him it's not illegal to possess or smoke it but it is illegal to sell it. he told him to go to this bar around the corner, go to the jukebox in the back and just stand there. he said someone would come to him. my buddy was thinking it was kinda sketchy but he went anyway, duh. sure enough he stood there about 2 minutes and someone came up to him and asked him what he was looking for, done deal. the guy ended up telling him that he's been selling out of there forever and ppl just know to go there. it was real good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest swirlundergrounder Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 weed needs to be de-criminalized so it can at least be taxed. it would be a good source of income for the country.my buddy was in vancouver not too long ago and was looking for some shit. so he goes into a cofee shop and asks whats up. the guy tells him it's not illegal to possess or smoke it but it is illegal to sell it. he told him to go to this bar around the corner, go to the jukebox in the back and just stand there. he said someone would come to him. my buddy was thinking it was kinda sketchy but he went anyway, duh. sure enough he stood there about 2 minutes and someone came up to him and asked him what he was looking for, done deal. the guy ended up telling him that he's been selling out of there forever and ppl just know to go there. it was real good too.damm right the shit up there is really good. The weed is shinny sometimes even.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pussErox Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 weed needs to be de-criminalized so it can at least be taxed. it would be a good source of income for the country.my buddy was in vancouver not too long ago and was looking for some shit. so he goes into a cofee shop and asks whats up. the guy tells him it's not illegal to possess or smoke it but it is illegal to sell it. he told him to go to this bar around the corner, go to the jukebox in the back and just stand there. he said someone would come to him. my buddy was thinking it was kinda sketchy but he went anyway, duh. sure enough he stood there about 2 minutes and someone came up to him and asked him what he was looking for, done deal. the guy ended up telling him that he's been selling out of there forever and ppl just know to go there. it was real good too.my buddy told me about the jukebox deal too. thats funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest junglesmacks Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 They say that there is one weed grower on every block in Spokane by average.. ...and yes I lived in that sh!thole for 5 years while going to Gonzaga.. can't think of too many worse places to live.. except for the fringe benefits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dahzel Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 They say that there is one weed grower on every block in Spokane by average.. ...and yes I lived in that sh!thole for 5 years while going to Gonzaga.. can't think of too many worse places to live.. except for the fringe benefits at least it's beautiful up there, little to rainy for me though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest swirlundergrounder Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 They say that there is one weed grower on every block in Spokane by average.. ...and yes I lived in that sh!thole for 5 years while going to Gonzaga.. can't think of too many worse places to live.. except for the fringe benefits Spokane isn't as bad as some of towns in middle America..as far as stuff to do. I mean you can be stuck in Souix Falls Iowa for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan2772 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 weed needs to be de-criminalized so it can at least be taxed. it would be a good source of income for the country.my buddy was in vancouver not too long ago and was looking for some shit. so he goes into a cofee shop and asks whats up. the guy tells him it's not illegal to possess or smoke it but it is illegal to sell it. he told him to go to this bar around the corner, go to the jukebox in the back and just stand there. he said someone would come to him. my buddy was thinking it was kinda sketchy but he went anyway, duh. sure enough he stood there about 2 minutes and someone came up to him and asked him what he was looking for, done deal. the guy ended up telling him that he's been selling out of there forever and ppl just know to go there. it was real good too.duh, jukeboxes are widely known as drug sale catalysts. everyone knows that! ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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