DUmmies Discuss Drug Law Enforcement

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Bozita (1000+ posts)      Fri Sep-18-09 02:21 PM
Original message
State of Michigan asks outdoor enthusiasts to look out for marijuana harvesting
 Everybody gets to be a volunteer junior DEA agent!

http://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/index.ssf/2009/09/st...

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.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6579857

Hawkeye-X  (1000+ posts)        Fri Sep-18-09 02:24 PM
1. And do what?
Let weed be legal, dammit!

 

cliffordu  (1000+ posts)        Fri Sep-18-09 02:27 PM
2. Nation of rats, at thier service!!

   
 

villager  (1000+ posts)      Fri Sep-18-09 02:28 PM
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  (1000+ posts)      Fri Sep-18-09 02:31 PM
4. Screw that shit, man...
If I find marijuana growing in the woods, I'm not telling anybody!!!

Get your hands off my stash!!!

MineralMan  (1000+ posts)        Fri Sep-18-09 02:31 PM
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  (1000+ posts)      Fri Sep-18-09 02:50 PM
6. If I was a dick enough to ruin some farmers crop, Id smoke it myself first

   

mrcheerful (1000+ posts)      Fri Sep-18-09 03:02 PM
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.

It's not surprising that DUmmies want all manner of drugs to be legalized. After all, they are DUmmies.
And it's not surprising that they have all kinds drug stories to share with theirfellow DUmpmonkeys.

I just thought it a little ironic how outraged they are at an attempt to gather information
on illegal drug dealing. Just a few weeks ago, they enthusiastically supported the jug-eared
muslim's White House snitch line for reporting people who fail to support socialism.

[LC EFA]

pipi_k  (1000+ posts)      Fri Sep-18-09 02:31 PM
4. Screw that shit, man...
If I find marijuana growing in the woods, I'm not telling anybody!!!

Get your hands off my stash!!!

Oregone  (1000+ posts)      Fri Sep-18-09 02:50 PM
6. If I was a dick enough to ruin some farmers crop, Id smoke it myself first

LOL.

Clearly these people have no idea how protective crop sitters are, and just how easy it is to "get lost" in those back woods.

[franksolich]

I don't see the maudlin waif primitive at this bonfire; maybe he's still at work.

[Carl]

Never do they talk about how to contribute to productive society but always how to cash in and then escape from it.

[tuolumnejim]

I don't see the maudlin waif primitive at this bonfire; maybe he's still at work.

Or jail. 

[Vagabond]

A friend of mine working as a surveyor for Florida was crossing through a corn field in the state of Florida when he and his crew walked into a marijuana farm in the middle of it with people there.  They told them they weren't interested in telling and they weren't law enforcement and left.  The very next morning, it had all been cut down, the corn and marijuana.

[BlueStateSaint]

LOL.

Clearly these people have no idea how protective crop sitters are, and just how easy it is to "get lost" in those back woods.

We had a story, in Adirondack Life magazine, on how some people use various parts of the Adirondacks to grow their own weed.  This one guy who was interviewed for the story has trail cameras to watch various spots around the stash.  It also detailed how he never takes the same route twice, and how, if he does see someone has been there based on the pics from the cameras, he just leaves and never comes back. 

I know on land that the deer camp used to lease, that plants have "magically appearred."  Thing is, we know who is growing the stuff.  Haven't caught him at it, but we know he does it.  It's the guy who used to lease the land before he got thrown off by the landowner.  We acquired the lease, but the whole amount of land was a bit too big for us to handle.  So, we gave 300 or so acres back to the landowner for him to re-lease it.  He did, but the new camp wasn't big enough to handle the 300 acres, and they had pot show up again on the land.

[NHSparky]

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...

Bouncy.  Garbage bags or no, the smell those buds would have given off could have tipped off a dead man that there was pot in there, and shipping pot, whether through the mail, UPS, or what have you, is a big no-no.

[DumbAss Tanker]

LOL.

Clearly these people have no idea how protective crop sitters are, and just how easy it is to "get lost" in those back woods.

Yes, several of them are candidates for becoming feral hog food at the bottom of a ravine somewhere.

[LC EFA]

Bouncy.  Garbage bags or no, the smell those buds would have given off could have tipped off a dead man that there was pot in there, and shipping pot, whether through the mail, UPS, or what have you, is a big no-no.

Based on his story - he's never seen a real live dope tree in his life.

[ScubaGuy]

Bouncy.  Garbage bags or no, the smell those buds would have given off could have tipped off a dead man that there was pot in there, and shipping pot, whether through the mail, UPS, or what have you, is a big no-no.

There was an arrest a few weeks ago in Greensboro at the UPS facility for just that.  She's sitting in jail now awaiting her court date for trafficking.