DEA admits they're fucking useless.

[esoter1c]

http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=7033

98 Percent Of All Domestically Eradicated Marijuana Is "Ditchweed," DEA Admits
September 7, 2006 - Washington, DC, USA

Washington, DC: More than 98 percent of all of the marijuana plants seized by law enforcement in the United States is feral hemp not cultivated cannabis, according to newly released data by the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program and the Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics.

According to the data, available online at: http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t4382005.pdf, of the estimated 223 million marijuana plants destroyed by law enforcement in 2005, approximately 219 million were classified as "ditchweed," a term the agency uses to define "wild, scattered marijuana plants [with] no evidence of planting, fertilizing, or tending." Unlike cultivated marijuana, feral hemp contains virtually no detectable levels of THC, the psychoactive component in cannabis, and does not contribute to the black market marijuana trade.

Previous DEA reports have indicated that between 98 and 99 percent of all the marijuana plants eradicated by US law enforcement is ditchweed.

NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre criticized the DEA program for spending millions of taxpayers' dollars to predominantly eradicate wild hemp. "The irony, of course, is that industrial hemp is grown legally throughout most the Western world as a commercial crop for its fiber content," he said. "Yet the US government is spending taxpayers' money to target and eradicate this same agricultural commodity."

According to a 2005 Congressional Research Service report, "The United States is the only developed nation in which industrial hemp is not an established crop."

St. Pierre said that most of the hemp plants eradicated by law enforcement are remnants of US-government subsidized crops that existed prior to World War II. "Virtually all wild hemp goes unharvested and presents no legitimate threat to public safety," he said. "As such, it should be of no concern to the federal government or law enforcement."

According to DEA figures, Indiana reported seizing over 212 million ditchweed plants - far more than any other state. Missouri law enforcement confiscated some 4.5 million plants, and Kansas reported eradicating approximately 1.2 million plants. More than half of all states failed to report their ditchweed totals.

California led all 50 states in the number of cultivated cannabis plants eradicated in 2005, with the DEA reporting that more than 2 million plants had been destroyed.

The Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program is a joint federal and state effort funded, in part, by the DEA.

STATE LEADERS:
DITCHWEED ERADICATED (2005)
Indiana (212,441,768 plants confiscated)
Missouri (4,529,695 plants confiscated)
Kansas (1,177,976 plants confiscated)
Wisconsin (272,650 plants confiscated)
Oklahoma (100,736 plants confiscated)

STATE LEADERS:
CULTIVATED CANNABIS** ERADICATED (2005)
California (2,011,277 plants confiscated)
Kentucky (510,502 plants confiscated)
Tennessee (440,362 plants confiscated)
Hawaii (255,113 plants eradicated)
Washington (136,165 plants confiscated)

**DEA footnote: "May include 'tended' ditchweed."

For more information, please contact NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre or NORML Senior Policy Analyst Paul Armentano at (202) 483-5500.

updated: Sep 07, 2006

FUCKING LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSERS !!1!1!!1!!!!!!

[Diamonite]

I'll smoke a joint to these fools.

[mapleleaf4ever]

Glad I'm not an American Taxpayer!

[BongMan]

I hear ya

[esoter1c]

Originally Posted by mapleleaf4ever

Glad I'm not an American Taxpayer!

"Today's war on drugs is really little more than a war on marijuana smokers," charges NORML Foundation Executive Director Allen St Pierre. "Enforcing marijuana prohibition costs taxpayers approximately $10 billion per year. This is a tremendous waste of national and state criminal justice resources, which should be focused on combating serious and violent crime, including terrorism."

http://www.impactpress.com/articles/...rial12102.html

According to the Christian Science Monitor, Canada spends about $2-billion annually in pot-related police and prosecution work, and some 600,000 Canadians have criminal records for possession.

http://temagami.carleton.ca/jmc/cnew.../opinion.shtml

THAT'S 2 BILLION THAT COULD BE SPENT FIGHTING TEH TERRAISTS !11!!!

[mapleleaf4ever]

^ They already fight Terrorists.

Remember the cull of them from Mississauga and Brampton. OH WAIT!!*#(*!#&( THEY LET MOST OF THEM GO ON BAIL!#(*)(!#*)(*

Even if they did spend money on it they'd still let them go.

Either way I still get to smoke my Blunts.

[esoter1c]

Originally Posted by mapleleaf4ever

^ They already fight Terrorists.

Remember the cull of them from Mississauga and Brampton. OH WAIT!!*#(*!#&( THEY LET MOST OF THEM GO ON BAIL!#(*)(!#*)(*

Even if they did spend money on it they'd still let them go.

Either way I still get to smoke my Blunts.

That's why we're next on "The List"....#5.

[mapleleaf4ever]

Ooh. Shakin' in me Boots.










No really. Wait... I don't have Socks on...

[esoter1c]

Originally Posted by mapleleaf4ever

Ooh. Shakin' in me Boots.










No really. Wait... I don't have Socks on...

You're a reserve right ?

[mapleleaf4ever]

Nope, working on becoming Reg Force.

[Toxxin Ephekt]

Ditchweed? LOL, I call it Ragweed. LOLOLOL!

[-evil-duerr-]

If the U.S. was really that concerned about drugs,
they would have carpet bombed fields of opium and cocaine overseas years ago. (maybe they have already, but they dont do it enough considering their blown up "WAR ON DRUGS")
They probably don't give a fuck about drug problems.
They're just trying to invoke fear in the populus to maintain some semblance of control.

[esoter1c]

Originally Posted by -evil-duerr-

If the U.S. was really that concerned about drugs,
they would have carpet bombed fields of opium and cocaine overseas years ago. (maybe they have already, but they dont do it enough considering their blown up "WAR ON DRUGS")
They probably don't give a fuck about drug problems.
They're just trying to invoke fear in the populus to maintain some semblance of control.

The Taliban in Afghanistan had eradicated 90% of the poppy fields.

Now that the Taliban is gone and the CIA is in control, the fields are back x 150% of what they ever were.

Good ol' CIA heroin for everyone.

[Toxxin Ephekt]

Good old American dope....

[-evil-duerr-]

Originally Posted by 3507321C

The Taliban in Afghanistan had eradicated 90% of the poppy fields.

Now that the Taliban is gone and the CIA is in control, the fields are back x 150% of what they ever were.

Good ol' CIA heroin for everyone.

no doubt !

[M.M.M]

i remeber when i used to get shit on when i cut and paste a news report... sometimes i miss ED