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olddad56

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17. 3200 lbs of marijuana plants is not like 3200 lbs of marijuana.

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Fri Aug 3, 2012, 01:23 AM

Aug 2012

The roots. trunk, limbs, stems, and leaves, all still green and freshly pulled out of the ground might have weighed 3200 pounds. but how much did the all of the buds weigh? Typical cop scheme. I would imagine they estimated the value to be at least several million dollars.

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Deputies confiscate 3,200 pounds of marijuana during grow raids in northern Santa Cruz County [View all] alp227 Aug 2012 OP

great news for mexican cartels, keeps the price of drugs up up up nt msongs Aug 2012 #1

As if the weight means anything. Webster Green Aug 2012 #2

I heard they weigh Maynar Aug 2012 #3

Well, there's always crack and meth around, right? sofa king Aug 2012 #4

Don't forget bath salts! BlueToTheBone Aug 2012 #9

Meh, that would require real work Reasonable_Argument Aug 2012 #16

You look like heroes when playing the away games, no so much at home. nt DCKit Aug 2012 #5

Will it soon be legal? 12ZTR Aug 2012 #6

I like that idea. "Necessity is the mother of practicality." GliderGuider Aug 2012 #10

Failed war rks306 Aug 2012 #7

The weed prohibition needs to end. sarcasmo Aug 2012 #8

Why do I get the feeling that "3,200 pounds" includes not just "usable" marijuana, but the entire ET Awful Aug 2012 #11

There would be very little, (if any) usable marijuana in what they took. Webster Green Aug 2012 #12

as they used to say ... Don C. Nuttin Aug 2012 #13

I feel so much safer tabasco Aug 2012 #14

Wow! I ought to move over the hill! KamaAina Aug 2012 #15

3200 lbs of marijuana plants is not like 3200 lbs of marijuana. olddad56 Aug 2012 #17