Opinion: Illegal marijuana grows threaten Antelope Valley’s way of life
These operations have caused an increase in human trafficking, assaults, and robberies and are responsible for the murders of at least five people living in our high desert community. These dire circumstances have united public officials against a common enemy—illicit growers.
An ‘historic’ bust in the Antelope Valley resulted in the seizures of 16 tons of illegal marijuana with a street value of $1.2 billion and highlighted how illegal growers contribute to a myriad of major problems that California faces. These illegal growers also blatantly disregard environmental concerns, leading to stripped-bare landscapes, deforestation, and wildfires, while their misuse of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers poisons the land and the groundwater that residents use to bathe and drink.
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