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Pubdate: Sat, 01 Sep 2012
Source: Modesto Bee, The (CA)
Copyright: 2012 The Modesto Bee
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Website: http://www.modbee.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/271
MARIJUANA IS LARGE 'CASH CROP' WITH CRIME, VIOLENCE AS BYPRODUCTS
It would be tempting to crack jokes about our area's hot new cash
crop. You know, the one that grows taller than corn but looks more
like a tomato plant. But there's nothing funny about the startling
number of major marijuana grows that authorities have been finding in
back yards and hidden fields in the area.
An increasing amount of violent crime has been associated with these
large marijuana-growing operations, including three homicides in the
Modesto area this summer.
Over the past several years, authorities say marijuana growing has
been a factor in a number of home-invasion robberies. The drug angle
often does not surface in the initial news coverage of such events.
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom
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