Bending the Third Rail
Because We Should, We Can, We Do
Friday, September 08, 2006
Number Is High
This is kinda funny. The DEA is always touting the amount of marijuana they've seized, likely justification for their continued existence. It's turns out that most of the eradication is more along the lines of pulling weeds:
Washington, DC: More than 98 percent of all of the marijuana plants seized by law enforcement in the United States is feral hemp not cultivated cannabis, according to newly released data by the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program and the Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics.
But here's the real kicker:
According to the data, available online here , of the estimated 223 million marijuana plants destroyed by law enforcement in 2005, approximately 219 million were classified as "ditchweed," a term the agency uses to define "wild, scattered marijuana plants [with] no evidence of planting, fertilizing, or tending." Unlike cultivated marijuana, feral hemp contains virtually no detectable levels of THC, the psychoactive component in cannabis, and does not contribute to the black market marijuana trade.
LMAO.

I've always contended that one of the largest obstacles to legalization of marijuana and other drugs is the entrenched law enforcement special interests who are financially dependent on the continued nonsensical drug policies of the U.S. of A. These folks are now showing their true worth though. They are very very highly paid landscape workers pulling weeds.
Written at 2:06 PM by Greyhair.
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