Under California’s Campaign Against Marijuana Planting program (CAMP), law enforcement officers harvested 345,207 marijuana plants which they say are valued at $1.3 billion.
This year’s seized crop was 43 percent more than last year’s record haul. Kern County ranked No. 1 in the state, accounting for a sixth of the plants seized after a 59,000-plant garden (the largest ever found in the state) was discovered in the Sequoia National Forest. No arrests were made in the Kern County marijuana find. In fact, only 16 marijuana cultivation arrests were made during this year’s harvest season. The marijuana found by law enforcement was destroyed on site.
“For nearly 20 years, marijuana has been California’s number one cash crop,” said Allen St. Pierre, NORML Foundation Executive Director. “CAMP’s efforts are, at best, nothing more than price support for the unregulated and untaxed marijuana market.”
For more information, please contact Allen St. Pierre, NORML Foundation Executive Director at (202) 483-8751.
