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More from County NewsAuthorities seized more than 68,000 marijuana plants with an estimated street value of $306 million during two eradication operations this week in the Los Padres National Forest, the U.S. Forest Service announced Wednesday.
The marijuana farms were discovered during aerial reconnaissance missions by the Ventura and Kern County sheriff's departments, said Kathy Good, a Forest Service spokeswoman. The discoveries were not connected to recent fires in the Los Padres forest.
An operation with more than 14,000 plants was dismantled in Ventura County on Tuesday, following the seizure of an estimated 54,000 plants in Kern County on Monday.
During the past decade, an average of 30,000 to 40,000 pot plants have been found in the national forest each year, Good said. "This was a pretty big haul."
About 40 officers from the Ventura County Sheriff's Department, U.S. Forest Service and state Department of Parks and Recreation removed plants Tuesday from plots in the remote Gold Hill area near Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recreation Area, according to the Forest Service.
Two men from Los Angeles County were arrested Friday during a food drop, in which food and other essentials were taken to people working in the gardens, authorities said.
Detectives arrested Alejandro Anguiano, 35, of Alhambra, and Jorge Lucatero, 28, of Pico Rivera, on suspicion of conspiracy to cultivate marijuana. Both men were held Wednesday at Todd Road Jail in Santa Paula. Anguiano was ineligible for bail because of an immigration hold listing him in an alleged illegal entry. Lucatero's bail was set at $100,000.
The camp was abandoned when authorities arrived Tuesday. Officers found camp sites, irrigation systems and ammunition in the area. The ammunition included rounds for AK-47 assault rifles, shotguns and .357-caliber handguns, but authorities did not find any weapons, sheriff's Sgt. Pat MacAuley said.
The marijuana plants were loaded onto helicopters and probably will be burned in Camarillo, authorities said.
On Monday, authorities removed an estimated 54,000 marijuana plants from plots along Santiago Creek near Cerro Noroeste Road in Kern County. Combined with the Ventura County plants, the pot had a potential street value of $306 million, according to authorities.
About 40 officers from the Forest Service, Kern County Sheriff's Department, Federal High Intensity Drug Area Task Force, state Department of Fish and Game and the California Department of Justice's Campaign Against Marijuana Planting participated in Monday's operation.
The Ventura County Sheriff's Department participated in roughly 20 marijuana seizures last year but none this large, MacAuley said. Most marijuana plots are well camouflaged, but this one was easy to spot from the air, he said.
"It wasn't camouflaged well at all," said MacAuley, leading him to believe the growers were "either very bold or very stupid."
In fact, deputies raided the same site last year, he said. Marijuana growers routinely return to the same spots in the national forest because they need south- or west-facing areas near water sources, but they usually wait two to four years, MacAuley said.
In Kern County, officers found camp sites, irrigation systems, fertilizer, trash and propane tanks in the area, the Forest Service reported. Large areas of native shrubs and trees had been destroyed to make room for the plants.
Environmental damage is a hallmark of marijuana farms. Growers typically surround their plots with rat poison, use streams as toilets and dump trash in barrancas, MacAuley said.
"What they do to the environment is totally amazing," he said.
Posted by mac_tire_224 on July 17, 2008 at 6:51 a.m. (Suggest removal)
"The marijuana plants were loaded onto helicopters and probably will be burned in Camarillo."
Guess the party is in Camarillo...
Posted by Hueneme_girl29 on July 17, 2008 at 7:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I'll meet you there Mac! :)
Posted by Hueneme_girl29 on July 17, 2008 at 7:18 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Forgot to say GM Relv & Junior, you guys are late this morning! OR, there is no news to comment on! Slow day :)
Posted by iluvSP on July 17, 2008 at 7:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Yeeeessss!! I'll bring the smores!!
Posted by pyro152 on July 17, 2008 at 7:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Stop those eeeeevildooers. The world is now a little bit safer.
Posted by Relvd98 on July 17, 2008 at 7:58 a.m. (Suggest removal)
G'd morning Hueneme_girl & Junior ;)
Just curious, where specifically in Camarillo will these "plants" be burned?
Posted by omie on July 17, 2008 at 8:02 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Where in Camarillo? I would like to witness the destruction of this contraband, but instead we could bring in millions if we legalized and taxed it. Wait hasn't that been done already "phillip morris". Just sell what they confiscated to piss off the growers, apply the money earned towards more beneficial programs. State recognizes medical pot right?
Posted by pjlove10 on July 17, 2008 at 8:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Does anyone know which direction the wind is blowing today?
Posted by DoctorDude on July 17, 2008 at 8:21 a.m. (Suggest removal)
We can't have people smoking pot and getting mellow! THAT WOULD BE WRONG!!!!!!! Come on folks, lets go to the bar and get hammered the legal way!
Lame pot busts waste taxpayer $$
Posted by Relvd98 on July 17, 2008 at 8:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)
pjlove...question really is, is WHEN they will be burned, then the direction of the wind...lol
Posted by spulido805 on July 17, 2008 at 8:27 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Can I join the party too...lol...
Posted by BeaHappi on July 17, 2008 at 8:28 a.m. (Suggest removal)
"The only reason Marijuana is illegal, is because the Government can't regulate and tax it."
Amen to that Junior! But seriously, how hard could it be? We manage to tax and regulate so many other things. Let's get off the fence and make this happen already. And no, I don't imbibe!
On another note, several years ago someone told me that the "pot busts" up in this area were actually pot farms planted by authorities, so that they could have the "big wins" of major pot busts. Okay, okay...conspiracy theory I know, but I'm curious to see if anyone else ever heard the same thing.
Posted by ebrockway on July 17, 2008 at 8:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Camarillo Airport to the West end is the Bomb Squad bunker, they've done burns there before. With that quantity though, gonna need a hot big fire so it's not all smoky :-)
Wouldn't do to have pilots on final suddenly develop munchies and land at In N Out.
Posted by hotwildflower on July 17, 2008 at 8:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Heck, if these two guys were able to maintain this many plants (assuming it was just them) and keep it hidden this long, imagine what the government could do with legalizing it, taxing it and so on. All of our state budget issues would be gone, our schools would have plenty of money...heck, it might even go back to the ol' days when the schools provided paper and pencils and parents didn't get a 4 page supply list at the beginning of each year totaling about $250 per child.
Ok, Ok, I admit, that was day dreaming, I must be down wind...
Posted by ebrockway on July 17, 2008 at 8:37 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Wait! Nobody mentioned one detained was an Illegal Alien yet!
There, I did it.
Posted by BeaHappi on July 17, 2008 at 8:40 a.m. (Suggest removal)
hotwildflower - no kidding! There is so much $$ to be made off of the legal cultivating and selling of marijuana. Not to mention the costs saved by people NOT being arrested for pot possession, not going to trial for possession/selling, etc. etc.
Posted by BeaHappi on July 17, 2008 at 8:41 a.m. (Suggest removal)
ebrockway...who cares about the illegal alien? He was doing the Lord's work! :~)
Posted by hotwildflower on July 17, 2008 at 8:42 a.m. (Suggest removal)
RACIST! I'll be the 1st to throw that word out there.
Honestly, I don't get why we don't just legalize this and reap the benefits of the the excess taxes. No one kills for weed (unless it's 68,000 plants, then they might) people aren't out smoking and driving and killing people like with legalized alcohol.
I personally don't smoke, no one in my family does and I would strongly encourage my children to never pick up the habit, but I tell them the same thing about alcohol. Anything that impairs judgement and used in excess is dangerous.
Posted by Relvd98 on July 17, 2008 at 8:43 a.m. (Suggest removal)
All natural herb baby! ;)
Posted by Relvd98 on July 17, 2008 at 8:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I'm kidding Junior, I don't smoke pot or cigarettes...just wanted to 'spark' up the discussion here...lol
Posted by virtualpaulh on July 17, 2008 at 8:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)
SHOOT THE MOON!!
Posted by Ms_California on July 17, 2008 at 9:08 a.m. (Suggest removal)
DAMN!!!!! Hey everyone bring your sleeping bags and PJ's... what a great campfire that would be! Instead of ghost stories we could tell stoner stories! LOL
Posted by shuldbworkin805 on July 17, 2008 at 9:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Alhough I totally agree with the legalization... hotwildflower you are incorrect about the whole smokin and drivin theroy.Back in the day,I burned many a blunts as well as my circle.Many people in my circle luved to smoke and drive.They claimed to drive better that way.I am much older now,but I can still relate to the pot head and I know there has got to be a stoner out there with the same idea regarding driving.BTW there have been a few accidents reported were pot was involved.Not as many as alcohol though.
Posted by hotwildflower on July 17, 2008 at 9:16 a.m. (Suggest removal)
shuldbworkin805, I think I may need an interpreter to get what you are saying, but from what I understand...I think we are in agreement.
Posted by shuldbworkin805 on July 17, 2008 at 9:20 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Allow me to simplify.People DO smoke and drive. I know of a few accidents due to this. I use to Smoke pot. I don't anymore but can definetly appreciate the stoner mentality,as well as the smell...taste.... Takin me back now.
Posted by hotwildflower on July 17, 2008 at 9:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I can assure you, I would never encourage or allow anyone to smoke and drive, I believe the same laws of not drinking & driving should apply, whether or not someone follows them...well, we know how that goes.
I just think the number of deaths related to drinking and driving is much greater, not saying that driving impaired is EVER ok.
Posted by shuldbworkin805 on July 17, 2008 at 9:32 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Then we ARE in agreement.I feel alcohol is WAY worse than pot however,I recognize that they both are a drug and would not encourage my daughter to pick up either.
Posted by mamaof2 on July 17, 2008 at 9:37 a.m. (Suggest removal)
hotwildflower i totally agree, u should not smoke and drive i dont know how people can even do it. i used to smoke and i couldnt imagine drving while being all stuck on stupid.
Posted by Ms_California on July 17, 2008 at 9:41 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I agree Hotwildflower. I too was a past pot smoker and I hated even being in the car while I was under the influence. If you can't control your urge to eat continually or keep from falling asleep how can you have full control behind the wheel? Just say NO!
Posted by iluvSP on July 17, 2008 at 9:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I smoke the s**t out of the stuff.....and I'm doing just fine, thank you very much! I can't find my keys...has anybody seen my keys?? Matter of fact....where the hell am I??
Posted by sunnbear on July 17, 2008 at 9:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I smoke pot daily and I have absolutely no adverse effects. Some people bring up the short term memory thing. That's complete bull****. I have never had any trouble with my...you know...that thing I was talking about. What was it again? Anyway...LEGALIZE IT!
Posted by iluvSP on July 17, 2008 at 9:54 a.m. (Suggest removal)
sunnbear...it's true, stoned minds think alike ;-)
Posted by sunnbear on July 17, 2008 at 9:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Are you talkin' to me?
Posted by Relvd98 on July 17, 2008 at 9:58 a.m. (Suggest removal)
You two (sunnbear & iluvSP) then should figure out where & when the burning of these "plants" will take place...lol
Posted by sunnbear on July 17, 2008 at 9:59 a.m. (Suggest removal)
You know, some will say that it makes you paranoid. You think everyone's looking at you, talking about you, out to get you. I don't think this at all! I know everyone's looking at me, talking about me, out to get me.
Posted by BeaHappi on July 17, 2008 at 9:59 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Drunk drivers that crash always seem to be driving way too fast. I'd imagine that if someone was driving stoned, they'd be takin' it easy...Cheech & Chong come to mind!
Just heading out to get some junk food...
Posted by sunnbear on July 17, 2008 at 10:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)
The only problem I have ever had with marijuana is when I can't find any. This is a problem!
Posted by iluvSP on July 17, 2008 at 10:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Sunnbear....do what every other die hard pot smoker does. Break a limb...sprain an ankle....have a nervous breakdown. Then go get yourself a medical mary jane card!
Posted by sunnbear on July 17, 2008 at 10:07 a.m. (Suggest removal)
The problem with that is after I spend the $200 to get the card, I won't have any $ left to get a bag. Guess I could burn the card. Hmmmmm...
Posted by sunnbear on July 17, 2008 at 10:08 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Oh damn, I gotta go. Just remembered that I'm at work. See ya...
Posted by shuldbworkin805 on July 17, 2008 at 10:09 a.m. (Suggest removal)
sunnbear and iluvsp...you guys are funny. That's the stoner mentality I am talkin about. can't we all just grab a bong?
Posted by eas on July 17, 2008 at 10:11 a.m. (Suggest removal)
thats a fu*k load of bud the most i have had is a 100 sack i wonder what it was purple cronic? who knows
Posted by skumunizm on July 17, 2008 at 10:17 a.m. (Suggest removal)
hey man how am i drivin?... i think we're parked man.
Posted by LivinInPoorMansPV on July 17, 2008 at 10:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Woo Hoo....Camarillo!!!!! LMAO!
Posted by sirdvsdsw on July 17, 2008 at 10:24 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Because i smoke bud i am now in need of a lung donor... not because i need it, i just want a 3rd lung so i can take a bigger hit.
Posted by bbbdugout on July 17, 2008 at 10:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)
everyone quickly get down wind and don't forget - "don't" inhale - if they made it legal - they could tax the cultivation and sale of it AND probably cure the national debt - even the debt as big as Bush has developed
Posted by shuldbworkin805 on July 17, 2008 at 10:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)
sirdvsdsw that is super funny!!!! This has oficially begame the stoner chat roon. Thanks vcs. puff...puff..giiive
Posted by mamaof2 on July 17, 2008 at 10:34 a.m. (Suggest removal)
now maybe the camarillo people will chillout and invite us Oxnardians over to have a party.
Posted by LivinInPoorMansPV on July 17, 2008 at 10:38 a.m. (Suggest removal)
It is sad that the "campers" had to be so disrespectful to the land.
When they find the crops, they should just regulate and harvest....
All those cancer patients without........it kills me!
Too bad they couldnt figure out a way to use it to fuel cars......we'd all have the munchies and there would be no road rage....LOL
LOVE IT
Posted by skumunizm on July 17, 2008 at 10:17 a.m. (Suggest removal)
hey man how am i drivin?... i think we're parked man.
Posted by sirdvsdsw on July 17, 2008 at 10:39 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Get some sour cream and onion chips with some dip, man, some beef jerky, some peanut butter. Get some Häagen-Dazs ice cream bars, a whole lot, make sure chocolate, gotta have chocolate, man. Some popcorn, red vines, graham crackers, graham crackers with marshmallows, the little marshmallows and little chocolate bars and we can make s'mores, man. Also, celery, grape jelly, Cap'n Crunch with the little Crunch berries, pizzas. We need two big pizzas, man, everything on 'em, with water, whole lotta water, and Funyons.
See you guys at the airport!!!
Posted by LivinInPoorMansPV on July 17, 2008 at 10:41 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Use the hangar and hot box the heck out of it...
Posted by sirdvsdsw on July 17, 2008 at 10:42 a.m. (Suggest removal)
This much bud going up in smoke brings new meaning to "The green House Effect"
Posted by shuldbworkin805 on July 17, 2008 at 10:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I luv Half baked!!! That is classic. BUtterNUtS!!!
Posted by shuldbworkin805 on July 17, 2008 at 10:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Doctor says I need a backeodamy
Posted by sirdvsdsw on July 17, 2008 at 10:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Thurgood Jenkins: I be from Jamaica, mon. Lord have mercy.
Samson Simpson: What part of Jamaica?
Thurgood Jenkins: Right near da beach. Boy-eeee!
Posted by gnu154 on July 17, 2008 at 11 a.m. (Suggest removal)
sirdvsdsw: lol! Just don't feed the horse popcorn!
I'm truly surprised to see this level of "legalize it" mentality coming from the residents of this county. It's nice to know the movement is everywhere. Legalize it, tax it, stop throwing non-violent good people in jail for it and ruining their lives. Focus on the real problems, the REAL drugs. Meth, coke, heroin, etc. Apply the same restrictions to pot as we have on alcohol and come down hard on the offenders (just like drunk driving).
Come on Arnold, it's the solution to California's budget crisis!
Posted by sirdvsdsw on July 17, 2008 at 11:09 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Weed is from the earth. God put this here for me and you. Take advantage man, take advantage.
Posted by Ms_California on July 17, 2008 at 11:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)
WOW isn't it funny that a little thing called "weed" has this board buzzing and everyone is getting along? See it is a good thing! haha
Where is Hotwildflower with her guitar and Kumbaya? I can't see her through all of the smoke! (cough cough)
HOTWILDFLOWER!!!!
Posted by sirdvsdsw on July 17, 2008 at 11:40 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Ms_California.... so true so true. No comments have gotten removed, no racist remark...YET, only coughing and laughing...can someone turn up the Pink Floyd cd
Posted by CuteFaceChubbyWaist on July 17, 2008 at 11:45 a.m. (Suggest removal)
¤sIngZ¤
Roll Roll Roll a Joint, Light it at the end, Take a Hit and Pass to a Friend! (=^.^=)
Posted by Relvd98 on July 17, 2008 at 11:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Funny screen name...CuteFaceChubbyWaist ;)
Posted by CuteFaceChubbyWaist on July 17, 2008 at 11:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Thank You ;o)
after reading your the comments for quite a long time i finally decided to join the crew lol
Posted by CuteFaceChubbyWaist on July 17, 2008 at 12:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Thank you JuniorMafia_ny
Posted by Ms_California on July 17, 2008 at 12:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)
junior.... so what type of seed did he plant? Purple sticky punge, schelp mex, maui wowie? haha Sorry the fumes are making me silly. Pass the joint over to josess on the hit and run article!
Posted by RC on July 17, 2008 at 12:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)
lets all sing-a-long to Rick James ..." I'm in love with Mary Jane, she's my maaiiiing thing, she makes me feel alrtight..
Posted by sirdvsdsw on July 17, 2008 at 12:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)
you are all invited to my house tonight for a "BlockBuster night"....I'll rent cheech and chongs "up in smoke" and supply the munchies but its "BYOB" Bring Your Own Bud!!!
Posted by CuteFaceChubbyWaist on July 17, 2008 at 12:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)
lmfao you guys are too much.. haha watch out for the cotton mouth! lol
Posted by sirdvsdsw on July 17, 2008 at 1:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)
you can bring the drinks cuteface
Posted by sirdvsdsw on July 17, 2008 at 1:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)
FOR DESSERT......MY FAMOUS BROWNIES!!!!
Posted by CuteFaceChubbyWaist on July 17, 2008 at 1:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)
for sure ill be there! lol
how about i take some Visine instead of the drinks? hahaha
Posted by sirdvsdsw on July 17, 2008 at 1:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)
with mushrooms.....oh yes, i said it....mushrooms...lol
Posted by CuteFaceChubbyWaist on July 17, 2008 at 1:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Ok ill take the drinks and visine, just incase lol
Posted by sirdvsdsw on July 17, 2008 at 1:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)
a true stoner would never use visine...im appalled by this cuteface...lol
Posted by Relvd98 on July 17, 2008 at 1:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)
WINGS it is my friend! Hot wings, buffalo wings or?
Posted by sirdvsdsw on July 17, 2008 at 1:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)
a police officer once pulled me over and asjked me if i was smoking weed, and i asked why? He stated my eyes were glossy. in return i asked him if he was eating doughnuts, and he asked why? i tld him his eyes looked a little glazed!
Posted by Ms_California on July 17, 2008 at 1:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I hope Sargent Stadenko doesn't show up to the Blockbuster night!
Posted by camgurl on July 17, 2008 at 1:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)
oh hell to the No.. this is where everyone's hiding..LOL.. guess the party is in here..
Posted by sirdvsdsw on July 17, 2008 at 1:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)
you found the party....(passes the blunt to camgurl)
Posted by Ms_California on July 17, 2008 at 1:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Junior.. you can't by law call yourself a pot smoker unless you know who Sargent Stedenko is! As bea she will know! haha
Posted by sirdvsdsw on July 17, 2008 at 1:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)
shoot the moon!!!!
Posted by Ms_California on July 17, 2008 at 1:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)
sirdvsdsw.. is on the right track! He is friends with Noodles! haha
Posted by sirdvsdsw on July 17, 2008 at 1:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)
please use my code name "hard hat"
Posted by Relvd98 on July 17, 2008 at 1:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)
sirdvsdsw!!! Stop hogging the Doritos! Pass them around now...!
Posted by sirdvsdsw on July 17, 2008 at 1:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)
This has got to be some sort of record for the VCS, 103 comments and not one racist remark or a comment removed by admin!!!
Posted by nonono on July 17, 2008 at 1:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)
you know the police officers who picked out the crop took home a few plants and planted them in their own backyards.
Posted by CuteFaceChubbyWaist on July 17, 2008 at 1:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)
hMm wouldn't it be koo if we could have a picture icon or avatar next to our username? lol
lol ok i went off topic there.. oh well ;o)
Posted by BeaHappi on July 17, 2008 at 1:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Class, class...we have a visitor today. Settle down! Class...this is Sergeant Stedenko.
Posted by sirdvsdsw on July 17, 2008 at 1:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)
sorry Relvd98, but you didnt put in on this man!!!
Posted by camgurl on July 17, 2008 at 1:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)
hey thanks!
i'm just here to enjoy the good conversation!
can't keep up wit you guys tho.. shewt..
Posted by Relvd98 on July 17, 2008 at 1:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Yes I did! Just ask Junior!
Posted by Relvd98 on July 17, 2008 at 1:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)
There you have it sird...how mean of you to want to keep me out of the circle =(
Posted by Joesombody on July 17, 2008 at 2:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Hey.....why is everyone in here so happy?
Posted by sirdvsdsw on July 17, 2008 at 2:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)
ok you can have the Doritos, im a lover not a fighter
Posted by Ms_California on July 17, 2008 at 2:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)
SEEEEEE!!!! I KNEW BEA WOULD KNOW!!!!
sirdvsdsw.... isn't the code name LARDA$$?
Posted by sirdvsdsw on July 17, 2008 at 2:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)
My condolences to the 68,000 plants that died. Not even a year old and taken away from us. You will always hold a special place in my heart...well maybe closer to my lungs. I will remember all the good times we had, all the memories we shared...the ones i can remember. RIP
Posted by sirdvsdsw on July 17, 2008 at 2:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)
hard hat...hard hat!!!!
Posted by Relvd98 on July 17, 2008 at 2:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Oh sirdvsdsw!!! You really are crackin' me up now... (condolences to the plants) LMAO!
Posted by sirdvsdsw on July 17, 2008 at 2:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)
They never even knew there parents!!!
Posted by gnu154 on July 17, 2008 at 2:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)
It's official: 95% of VCStar readers partake in and/or support the fuzzy-shmuzzy-green, and the remaining 5% are smart enough to know when they're outnumbered!
Posted by mac_tire_224 on July 17, 2008 at 2:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Thank you all for making my work day fly but now it's beer thirty. Enjoy your party...I did.
Posted by Ms_California on July 17, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Bye bye Larda$$!!!!
Posted by sirdvsdsw on July 17, 2008 at 2:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)
lmao
Posted by sirdvsdsw on July 17, 2008 at 2:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)
oooh no you dont, I want them!!!
Posted by sirdvsdsw on July 17, 2008 at 2:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)
that sounds great, we can REFEER to it that way from now on.
Posted by iluvSP on July 17, 2008 at 2:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Duuuuude...I just woke up, what did I miss??
Posted by sirdvsdsw on July 17, 2008 at 3:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Me and juniormafia need a surrogate mother for our newly adopted children, please send pic and resume to SIRDVSDSW@HOTMAIL.COM lol
Posted by mare523 on July 17, 2008 at 3:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)
RE: Ms_California's comment---
I hope Sargent Stadenko doesn't show up to the Blockbuster night!
and code name: Hard Hat
"OK, Lard A$$"
"No, that's HARD HAT."
"That's what I said: Lard A$$' "
Posted by BeaHappi on July 17, 2008 at 3:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)
"SEEEEEE!!!! I KNEW BEA WOULD KNOW!!!!"
Hello! Teenager in the 70's...I think it was against the law to NOT smoke pot or know about Sgt. Stedenko!
All you party animals can call me for a ride home after the buzz-fest. I'd be happy to be your DD!!
Posted by mamaof2 on July 17, 2008 at 3:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)
wow ive been so busy working looks like im missing out on all the fun.
Posted by spulido805 on July 17, 2008 at 3:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)
mare523
lol... that was funny good one so where is the party and what shall i bring any requests...
Posted by OhNo on July 17, 2008 at 4:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)
You guys just made this the most discussed article and you guys aren't even discussing it.. haha.. =0)
Posted by OhNo on July 17, 2008 at 4:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)
You're messing up the rotation! >=(
Posted by OhNo on July 17, 2008 at 4:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)
It's TIME for a lil brake =)
Posted by sirdvsdsw on July 17, 2008 at 4:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)
a small chronic break that is
Posted by mare523 on July 17, 2008 at 4:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Welllll, it WOULD'VE been Cam. Airport, but now they might change it to Lockwood Vly...or maybe double back to Cam. Airport to try to lose us.
I just posted this to my whole email list in N. CA..WHERE THEY KNOW HOW TO PARTAY ! Mendo County Wooo hooo !!
Cheers! and thanks fer a gruuvvvey day. Doh! Did I just say dat, Bea?!
Posted by BeaHappi on July 17, 2008 at 4:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)
mare523...groovy never goes out of style!
Posted by live_for_purpose on July 17, 2008 at 5:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Reminds me of that scene in Mel Brooks' History of the World Part I movie where Gregory Hines makes a giant reefer and lets the smoke billow out the back of the horse-drawn carriage to enfeeble the pursuing Roman army. Result: Mel Brooks, Gregory HInes, and company get away.
Marijuana is enfeebling. I work with kids--kids can't learn much when they smoke marijuana. It kills brain cells and drive and initiative. Good bust!
Posted by sparks240 on July 17, 2008 at 7:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)
bubble,bubble,bubble,bubble,bubble,......cough,cough,cough,cough,.....aaaaahhhh!
Posted by mare523 on July 17, 2008 at 7:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)
In all SERIOUSNESS, Thank you for your post, live_for_purpose.
WE adults on this discussion today were just having our laughs.
NOBODY wants school age kids to be drinking or smoking.
Posted by Arnold on July 18, 2008 at 10 a.m. (Suggest removal)
So these guys were illegal aliens doing this again? Thats what the story says anyways. THey come here to grow it because it is too hard to bring across the border thanks to Bush.
Posted by r.gyurkovitz on July 19, 2008 at 8:17 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I don't think active legalization of Marijuana will ever occur, just as legalization of Papaver somniferum and Erythroxylum coca will never happen: you can't effectively regulate and tax an easily cultivated plant (recall that the first two are naturalized in California).
Large plantations would disappear under legalization, backyard farmers would abound.
At the same time, of course it should be legalized. I haven't smoked the stuff in more than ten years. It's about 8:00am now, I'll bet anyone $100 that I could score a dime bag before lunchtime. The only thing the War on Drugs has accomplished is to make the habit relatively expensive.
Eventually I think enforcement will be given up on providing de facto legalization (as well as leaving another rarely enforced law on the books to nail you with if they don't have anything else).
Posted by goldeneye on July 20, 2008 at 7:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)
The penalty for this should be death.
Posted by kenwood63 on July 20, 2008 at 2:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I smoked alot of pot and have no adverse effects, wait I do waste time reading the STAR.Just kidding
Posted by QuestionAuthority on July 20, 2008 at 7 p.m. (Suggest removal)
It won't be burned until after they package and distribute it to their sales representatives....
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