Cool, so where did you go camping?

You didn't happen to go to any of the FEGOV's national forests did you?

You know, the ones where over 1,000,000 pot plants have been confiscated on FEDERAL LAND grown by Mexican drug cartels in 2005 alone?

Illegal immigrants connected to Mexico's drug cartels are growing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of marijuana in the heart of one of America's national treasures, authorities say. It's a booming business that, federal officials say, feeds Mexico's most violent drug traffickers.

 Ten thousand marijuana plants, some 5 feet tall, dotted the mountainside's steep terrain amid thick brush, often near streams. This garden's street value is an estimated $40 million, authorities said.

Walters clutched three plants he said were worth $12,000 on the streets.

"This is about serious criminal organizations," Walters said. "They're willing to kill anybody who gets in their way. They're taking money back to those who kill prosecutors, judges and law enforcement."[/B]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/08/pot.eradication/

In the 2005 growing season, CAMP says it so far has destroyed more plants than ever — 1.1 million worth $4.5 billion on the street, up from 621,000 plants last year. But agents still lost ground to growers. No longer is marijuana cultivation the cottage industry that flourished in the 1960s and '70s after waves of counterculture migrants bought cheap land in the northern California mountains and grew pot for their own use and extra income.

"In the last two or three years almost 100% of the gardens we've eradicated are Mexican drug cartel gardens," says James Parker, the senior narcotics agent who oversees CAMP. "It's alarming if you think about it."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-10-12-pot-growers-cover_x.htm



Good thing you didn't run across any of the pot plantations, as it is common sense what would have happened.

But of course, who cares that illegal immigrants are growing pot on Federal lands and using that money to fund scumbag murders who place no value on human life?

So, what do you think would have happened if the FEDS found pot growing on your property, even if someone else planted it there?

I mean it is o.k. if pot is found on the FED's land, but if it is found on your land, you are in a lot of trouble.

So, the FEDGOV can't even keep illegals off their own land from growing pot and using that money to fund organized crime, but we still can't allow marijuana to be prescribed as a medicine.

What's worse, is the FEDS can't even keep drugs out of our prisons, a closed society which should be easy to stop drug use.

What's worse yet, is that the easiest place to find drugs is any public high school.

A few stats.........

 The increase in the use of marijuana has been especially pronounced. Between 1992 and 2005 past-month use of marijuana increased from:

    * 12% to 20% among high school seniors.
    * 8% to 15% among 10th graders.
    * 4% to 7% among 8th graders.


Student reports of availability of drugs
Percent of high school seniors reporting they could obtain drugs fairly easily or very easily, 2006

Marijuana    84.9    %
Amphetamines    52.9    
Cocaine    46.5    
Barbiturates    43.8    
Crack    38.8    
LSD    29.0    
Heroin    27.4    
Crystal methamphetamine    26.7    
Tranquilizers    24.4    
PCP    23.1    
Amyl/butyl nitrites    18.4    

In 2005, 25% of all students in grades 9 through 12 reported someone had offered, sold, or given them an illegal drug on school property. There was no measurable change with the percentage of students who reported that drugs were offered, sold, or given to them at school between 2003 and 2005.

Males were more likely than females to report that drugs were offered, sold, or given to them on school property in each survey year between 1993 and 2005. In 2005, 29% of males and 22% of females reported availability of drugs.

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/dcf/du.htm

Yeah, let's continue to spend 50-70 billion a year on the war on drugs while illegals come to this country and grow pot on government owned land.

Jeesh.

Cool, I am glad none of the kids were hurt by illegal immigrants growing pot on government land and using the profits to help fund the kind of scumbags who kill Mexican police officers and politicians.

Ya know, it seems you have a really good heart. Your profession, boy scouts, it is obvious you care about people.

What I don't understand is how you can't see that the war on drugs is causing more pain and suffering than the drugs themselves could ever cause.

Did you see any of those stats on the availability of drugs in our public high schools?

The drug war has failed. It has taken EVERY PROBLEM associated with drug use and made those problems worse.