State of Michigan asks outdoor enthusiasts to look out for marijuana harvesting

[Bozita]

Everybody gets to be a volunteer junior DEA agent!

http://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/index.ssf/2009/09/state_asks_outdoor_enthusiasts.html#more

State asks outdoor enthusiasts to look out for marijuana harvesting
by The Bay City Times
Friday September 18, 2009, 8:52 AM

The Michigan Domestic Cannabis Eradication and Suppression Program is asking hunters, residents and travelers to be on the lookout for indicators of illegal marijuana harvesting.

Illegal growing operations are more likely to be found in the fall because active hunting seasons result in more people in the woods.

Last year, more than 400,000 plants were found growing outdoors including more than 4,000 plants found in Gladwin County after hunters alerted law enforcement in the area.

Indicators of outdoor grow operations include unusual amounts of traffic, use of camping equipment or recreational vehicles on wooded property with no evidence of recreational activities, large amounts of PVC piping, irrigation hoses or plastic planters located in heavily wooded areas, the use of fertilizer in remote areas, and patrolled or guarded woods or swamps.

To report a suspected marijuana grow site, call 1-800-235-HEMP (4367). Callers can remain anonymous.

The Michigan Domestic Cannabis Eradication and Suppression Program is a joint effort of the Michigan State Police, Drug Enforcement Administration and local law enforcement agencies, as well as the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, National Park Service; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Forest Service.

[Hawkeye-X]

1. And do what?

Let weed be legal, dammit!

[cliffordu]

2. Nation of rats, at thier service!!

[villager]

3. of course, if one were to call the number and leave addresses of local GOP headquarters,

Limbaugh-broadcasting radio stations, etc., this would have the unfortunate effect of hampering their ability to turn everyone into a spy for the state.

Not that I'd seriously suggest such a thing, of course...

[pipi_k]

4. Screw that shit, man...

If I find marijuana growing in the woods, I'm not telling anybody!!!


Get your hands off my stash!!!
:hippie:

[MineralMan]

5. Hmm...

Reminds me of a trip to rural Iowa in the mid 70s. My ex-wife and I were driving around on some back roads. Suddenly, we came upon a spot where a large cornfield drained on one corner into the roadside ditch. There, on the bank of the ditch was a group of the largest marijuana plants I had ever seen. Fertilized by the runoff from the corn field, the largest plant was almost 20 feet high. At its top was an enormous purple bud, glistening in the sun from the beads of resin that covered it. Other buds, smaller, but just as rich in resin, grew from the ends of major branches of this wondrous plant.

Nobody was around, and there were no cars on the road. You couldn't even see a farmhouse anywhere. So, resourceful fellow that I am, I harvested about 12 huge purple buds from the plant and we beat it. These buds were so sticky with resin that we had to put them on newspaper to keep them from picking up carpet fibers from the trunk. Those buds weighed almost 8 pounds.

We bagged them in multiple garbage bags, packed them in a box, covered with dirty clothing, and UPSed them back to California, where we were going the next day. It was a risk, but...

Dried and processed, they supplied all of our needs and wants for something to smoke for over a year. Now, ditch weed has a bad reputation, but that ditch produced some of the nicest herb I ever encountered. All that lovely fertilizer had produced some primo smoke.

The memories...

[Oregone]

6. If I was a dick enough to ruin some farmers crop, Id smoke it myself first

[mrcheerful]

7. Michigan is well known for this kind of "be a good commie, turn in mommy" crap

back in the 90's the state started the turn in your neighbor if you see them using street drugs laws. I know cause I got raided after a neighbor saw me roll a cigarette and reported me to the police. 2 things happened after that..........1) I never open my curtains ..........2) I stopped talking to neighbors. Looking back it was kinda funny when 6 state police cars showed up at my house and went searching through the 300 Buglar cans I was using to store nuts and bolts in. But I was pissed because I had to clean up the mess they made dumping the cans on the floor.

[lib2DaBone]

8. Remember in the 70's when they printed a map of a MJ field in Indiana?

Had a big eradication bust in Indiana.. newspaper printed a map of the scene. They had to post State Police to direct traffic and keep hundreds of people out of the field.

:silly: