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2021-07-09 -Lurid Crime Tales-

$1.19 billion worth of marijuana seized in massive drug bust in California

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Posted by Fred 2021-07-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: Narcos

#1 Have to question that topline number.

Posted by Snomoth Whereling9836 2021-07-09 01:05|| 2021-07-09 01:05|| Front Page Top

#2 why are we still busting pot?and I know the usual arguments. Pick your battles.

Posted by Chris 2021-07-09 02:49|| 2021-07-09 02:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Have to question that topline number.

$1,190,000,000 / (16 tons * 2,000 lb/ton) = $37,187.5 per lb
Yeah, $37K seems a bit spendy for a pound of weed. Maybe that is the street value based on twisting it all up and selling it by the joint.

The amusing part is that marijuana - medical and recreational - is legal in Cali. But due to licensing, fees, taxes, regulations, and bureaucratic sloth, the illegal market is still alive and well.

Posted by SteveS 2021-07-09 03:43|| 2021-07-09 03:43|| Front Page Top

#4 ^^^^
You left out the "postage and handling" costs.

Posted by Angererong Cholusing4659 2021-07-09 04:02|| 2021-07-09 04:02|| Front Page Top

#5
So what is the Mexican Cartel going to grow when the Harris/Pelosi Admin approves USA grown Weed use with alcohol similar regs?

Posted by NN2N1 2021-07-09 06:21|| 2021-07-09 06:21|| Front Page Top

#6 /\ They appear to be expanding their 'human trafficking' market share.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-07-09 06:29|| 2021-07-09 06:29|| Front Page Top

#7 You load sixteens and what do get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
Saint Peter don't ya call me I can't go.
I owe my sooulllll, to the company store.

Posted by Too Old To Work 2021-07-09 07:26|| 2021-07-09 07:26|| Front Page Top

#8 The California government made so many hoops to jump through to grow, purchase and possess legal weed, that the black market is still profitable. (by a wide margin too)

When the California government did not get its cut of the money, they got annoyed and decided to get their cut.

Posted by Jiggs Hupiting5931 2021-07-09 08:00|| 2021-07-09 08:00|| Front Page Top

#9 They appear to be expanding their 'human trafficking' market share.

Well, that and Avocados.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2021-07-09 08:29|| 2021-07-09 08:29|| Front Page Top

#10 $1,190,000,000 / (16 tons * 2,000 lb/ton) = $37,187.5 per lb

Street retail for a lb of good weed's more like $4,000. Just sayin'...

Posted by Raj 2021-07-09 09:07|| 2021-07-09 09:07|| Front Page Top

#11 The flip side of "He only had $4 in his wallet when we arrested him..."

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-07-09 09:22|| 2021-07-09 09:22|| Front Page Top

#12 You guys missed out on the "Mexican cartel" part of this report. They've been threatening local farmers lately and using up about all the available water.

Posted by Omaing Stalag1261 2021-07-09 09:53|| 2021-07-09 09:53|| Front Page Top

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