Thousands of marijuana plants found in illegal grow at Pike National Forest

I think this explains the unusual traffic I was hearing on Blue SW today! I hope they found at least a few of the parties' responsible for this nonsense...

Thousands of marijuana plants found in illegal grow at Pike National Forest - 7NEWS Denver TheDenverChannel.com

They like to grow on government property because their own property does not get forfeited when they are caught. Many times they use illegal aliens to maintain their operations as well. Rarely are the owners/profiteers directly involved with the grow.

Ok, a large amount of people made it legal to grow, purchase and use marijuana in this state, now I think it should be a very, very large penalty to illegally grow or transfer pot to other states so we do not burden those states with what we have created.

04Z1V6 said:

Ok, a large amount of people made it legal to grow, purchase and use marijuana in this state, now I think it should be a very, very large penalty to illegally grow or transfer pot to other states so we do not burden those states with what we have created.

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There are already substantial penalties under the Federal Controlled Substances Act for this type of thing. But I agree with your sentiments, and I suspect this will not be lost on the Federal Prosecutors and Sentencing Judge. They could have applied for a Commercial License like a lot of other people, but they wanted the "easy" route...

This is the second or third publicized grow farm in Pike National Forest. One media event had choppers and dump trucks transporting the evidence.
Also, booby traps and very dangerous buried spikes are found in this area, most notably the Rampart Range near Devil's Head, where recreational motor power is prevalent.