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Mexican drug cartels grow pot in U.S.

Most discussions of Mexican drug wars focus on the smuggling and the gang violence that threatens the border areas. But now the Mexican cartels have caught on and found a new way to get drugs in the U.S.

Mexican drug cartels are increasingly active inside the United States, producing homegrown marijuana and gaining new urban footholds, officials say.

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The four largest Mexican cartels -- the Federation, the Tijuana Cartel, the Juarez Cartel and the Gulf Cartel -- now operate in 195 U.S. cities, up from about 50 cities in 2006, a Justice Department report indicates. One reason is that marijuana sales have been a steady and lucrative business for them, virtually unrelated to the ups and downs of other drugs.

"Marijuana is the king crop," Special Agent Rafael Reyes of the Drug Enforcement Administration told the Times. "It consistently sustains its marketability and profitability."

Mexican drug traffickers have also moved into hydroponic marijuana production -- cannabis grown indoors without soil and using sunlamps, officials said.

Next up: Mexican landscapers grow marijuana in your backyard. Now that's what I call market synergy!

Posted By jamesk at 2009-02-02 11:35:58 permalink | comments
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guest : 2009-03-05 17:48:20
Please cite the cities involved. Don't give us a number without the INFORMATION.
Brandon. : 2009-02-03 21:18:22
"It consistently sustains its marketability and profitability."

ooops - he meant to say we're winning the war on drugs and that use has significantly declined, and that this is just a new way the dirty mexicans are trying to sell their drugs.

Dan Skye, HIGH TIMES Sr. Ed.. : 2009-02-03 15:33:50
The idea that the Mexican drug cartels are operating full-scale in California is absurd. It's a myth being promulgated by the DEA to promote fear. It is also racist. Their latest lie is that the cartels are operating in Utah. C'mon! The cartels have a lucrative business going on south of the border. The fact is Californians have overgrown the government and DEA is trying to keep their budget in tact with overblown lies. Read Paiul Armentano in HIGH TIMES for more on this subject.
Lee. : 2009-02-02 19:25:22
It is completely insane to me that the DEA can look at this information, have their agents say things like ""It consistently sustains its marketability and profitability." and at the same time operate under the assumption of "Oh yeah, we can contain and control marijuana production and distribution". Mind-blowing.

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