Sacramento Legislation Takes Aim At Water Theft and Pollution By Illegal Cannabis Farms
Desert Cannabis Farm, Post Hammerstrike RaidLaura Hauther. Illegal cultivation of marijuana became the focus of law enforcement over the past few years as farms mushroomed throughout the state, often creating massive environmental damage through their use of fertilizers and pesticides and the illegal diversion of water.
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San Bernardino County's Approach to Eradicating Illegal Cannabis May Go Statewide
The state might be following in the footsteps of several California counties by instituting bigger fines and penalties to push out illegal cannabis cultivation. San Bernardino is sponsoring California Assemblyman Thurston Smith’s bill, hoping to get measures similar to the county ordinances the Board of Supervisors passed last December to apply statewide.
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