I am pro MJ legalization because my home in Northern California:
- has had to warn hikers away from the national forests because of the grow operations
- has had firefighters shot at in the midst of a fire by people protecting their grows
- has had the rivers trashed and the water supply seriously diminished during four drought years in a row by people funneling off water
- has gang violence problems that didn't exist even ten years ago because of the illegals moved into the area to manage the growing
- is poor as dirt and about to close the only library in two counties while the growers make a mint, suck up services and pay no taxes
The sheriff doesn't bother with home growers even now because other than punk kids climbing over their fences to steal stuff, there isn't a crime problem from them. The issue is the illegal Mexican gangs that are growing on a commercial scale.
Smokers, if you're going to buy, KNOW YOUR SOURCE. There are small growers who grow clean stuff and pay their electricity bills and water legally. The commercial operations are destroying the environment, the county, and a lot of lives, plus they dumb whatall pesticides on their crop. Don't fund that crap, buy from small shop providers.