Pubdate: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 Source: Garden Island (HI) Copyright: 2002 Kauai Publishing Co. Contact: http://www.kauaiworld.com/kauai/letterstoeditor.nsf/webletter?openform Website: http://kauaiworld.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/964 POT PLANT ERADICATION Pot growing is apparently way down in Kaua'i fields and wilderness areas. A comment by Lt. Marty Curnan of the Kauai Police Department comparing the number of pot plants found during a recent raid to similar searches in the early 1980s, shows a great decline in this practice. Curnan said 20 years ago he could uncover 50,000 marijuana plants on Kaua'i in less than a week, compared to just over 4,000 during a recent operation led by the state Department of Land and Natural Resources. This decline in on-island drug production is good news for law enforcement officials and for the community who should find hiking and other outdoor wilderness activities safer places with less pot growers in action. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom