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Sheriff Gets OK for Pot Fight!
Posted by FoM on April 29, 1999 at 06:13:50 PT
Med users are told he targets for-profit growers
Source: San Jose Mercury News
In what has become an annual ritual in recent years, Santa Cruz County supervisors Tuesday heard from a dozen individuals opposed to spending public funds to fight marijuana, then voted to apply for those dollars.The $250,000 in state and federal funds -- the same amount the county received last year -- is used by the county sheriff to sniff out local marijuana farmers. A controversial part of the sheriff's anti-marijuana campaign includes helicopter overflights in rural Santa Cruz County areas favored by pot growers.
Before opponents of the grant aired their views, supervisors heard Sheriff Mark Tracy describe the program as a key part of law enforcement's efforts to fight drug and alcohol problems.``This,'' the sheriff said, ``is a piece that we cannot overlook.''Tracy noted that he had ``worked closely'' with advocates of medicinal marijuana to focus his investigations on commercial growers who harvest crops solely for profit.Click the link for the full article!http://www7.mercurycenter.com/premium/local/docs/pot28.htm
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