Pubdate: Fri, 12 Jun 2015
Source: Press Democrat, The (Santa Rosa, CA)
Copyright: 2015 The Press Democrat
Contact:  http://www.pressdemocrat.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/348
Author: Catherine A. Lair
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v15/n304/a11.html

POT, WATER AND DROUGHT

EDITOR: The recent articles about the large corporate pot grows on 
Indian land seems to disregard one thing ("Tribe scales back on pot 
farm," Saturday). There is a town - Ukiah - nearby. The water tables 
are sinking. In Redwood Valley last year some private residents wells 
were going dry.

The land may be sovereign, but the governor declared a state of 
emergency with regard to water. I don't think sovereign includes any 
state of emergency exclusions, and, just a guess, but it may be 
criminal during a California water emergency to deplete the 
groundwater of an entire town to grow an illegal amount of marijuana.

CATHERINE A. LAIR

Ukiah
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