America's #1 Cash Crop? Cannibis!

[The Atheist]

Greater than wheat and corn combined, with US cultivation worth more than US$35bn!

Mind boggling link.

It is the leading cash crop in 12 states, and one of the top five crops in 39 states.... larger than cotton in Alabama, larger than grapes, vegetables and hay in California, larger than peanuts in Georgia, and larger than tobacco in South and North Carolina

 

[Madalch]

And you're surprised?

 

[WildCat]

Here's some more breaking news that may boggle The Atheist's mind: Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead!

 

[godless dave]

Yeah, it's been that way for some time. It wouldn't surprise me to learn that indoor growing has become more popular over the last few years, but I don't have any statistics.

I, for one, am proud to contribute to the economy of my country.

 

[Region Rat]

Greater than wheat and corn combined, with US cultivation worth more than US$35bn!

Mind boggling link.

But think about this: This plant is very easy to grow. It's basically a weed. It grows just about anywhere, with very little cultivation, and is grown by a lot of folks with not too much intelligence, skill or expensive tools and equipment. What do you imagine the value of it would be if it were legal?

 

[Drudgewire]

Yeah, it's been that way for some time. It wouldn't surprise me to learn that indoor growing has become more popular over the last few years, but I don't have any statistics.

Well the high-grade indoor stuff is certainly easier to come by these days.




So I hear.

 

[balrog666]

There are many locales here that that the DEA does not, and never will, visit. Officially, anyway.

Besides, doesn't entrepreneurship promote economic growth?

 

[Yalius]

And this is why I advocate the death penalty for possession.

 

[Puppycow]

And you're surprised?

I'm surprised. Maybe I wouldn't be if I had thought it through, but if someone had just asked me out of the blue what America's most valuable crop was, I wouldn't have even thought of Mary J. I would have guessed corn, wheat or soy.

 

[fuelair]

I'm surprised. Maybe I wouldn't be if I had thought it through, but if someone had just asked me out of the blue what America's most valuable crop was, I wouldn't have even thought of Mary J. I would have guessed corn, wheat or soy.

Has been for quite awhile!!

 

[The Atheist]

And you're surprised?

Actually, I was!

I don't take much notice of marijuana statistics in USA - or anywhere else for that matter - and even with the price disparity of dope and tobacco, I really would have thought that 'baccy would be bigger for starters.

I guess Seppo tokers must smoke lots! (Or sell it all to Vancouver?)

Here's some more breaking news that may boggle The Atheist's mind: Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead!

And WildCat's still a dick!

Yeah, it's been that way for some time. It wouldn't surprise me to learn that indoor growing has become more popular over the last few years, but I don't have any statistics.

I, for one, am proud to contribute to the economy of my country.

It surprised me that so much was grown outside, actually. USA must be the last bastion of outdoor dope - referred to by hydro connoisseurs contemptibly as "bush".

But think about this: This plant is very easy to grow. It's basically a weed. It grows just about anywhere, with very little cultivation, and is grown by a lot of folks with not too much intelligence, skill or expensive tools and equipment. What do you imagine the value of it would be if it were legal?

Yes, I am well aware of all that - it's so much a weed that in the easy-grow outdoor conditions here it's grows wild in some parts.

The total value of the crop would drop quite considerably if became legal. I imagine a legally-supplied price would be set at probably $50-100 an ounce - loads of revenue and too low for criminals to bother with.

Well the high-grade indoor stuff is certainly easier to come by these days.

So I hear.

I haven't even heard of anyone smoking bush in Auckland for probably 5 years at least.

I'm surprised. Maybe I wouldn't be if I had thought it through, but if someone had just asked me out of the blue what America's most valuable crop was, I wouldn't have even thought of Mary J. I would have guessed corn, wheat or soy.

Like me, you're obviously some kind of naive guy. Did you know Franco was dead?

 

[Puppycow]

Like me, you're obviously some kind of naive guy. Did you know Franco was dead?

I knew that. But this, you realize, means that the US and post-Taliban Afghanistan have something in common. The top crop is an illegal drug.

If this isn't proof that prohibition is a counterproductive policy, I don't what would be.

 

[Madalch]

(Or sell it all to Vancouver?)

Now you're being deliberately thick. That's like importing coal to Newcastle, or the French buying Danish wine.

British Columbian pot is world-famous (at least according to the Dutch, since that was the main thing being advertised last time I was in Amsterdam).

 

[Empress]

Am I the only one who read the thread title as "America's #1 Cash Crop? Cannibals!"?

I thought this was going to be an Albert Fish or Ted Turner thread.

 

[godless dave]

Actually, I was!

I don't take much notice of marijuana statistics in USA - or anywhere else for that matter - and even with the price disparity of dope and tobacco, I really would have thought that 'baccy would be bigger for starters.

If you don't live in the US and don't follow the issue it's understandable you'd be surprised. I do live here and I do follow the issue, and marijuana has been the US's biggest cash crop since at least the 1980s; it gets reported in the mainstream news once in a while and is mentioned in "High Times" and by NORML pretty often.

I suspect we don't export any of it. We import outdoor-grown from Mexico and even some indoor-grown from Canada, and we consume that in addition to what it grown here. There are almost 300 million people in this country and a lot of them smoke weed.

 

[WildCat]

It surprised me that so much was grown outside, actually. USA must be the last bastion of outdoor dope - referred to by hydro connoisseurs contemptibly as "bush".

What makes you think most of it is grown outside?

 

[The Atheist]

I knew that. But this, you realize, means that the US and post-Taliban Afghanistan have something in common. The top crop is an illegal drug.

If this isn't proof that prohibition is a counterproductive policy, I don't what would be.

Don't get me started on prohibition! I thought there was sufficient proof left over from the prohibition of alcohol to figure that out.

Now you're being deliberately thick. That's like importing coal to Newcastle, or the French buying Danish wine.

British Columbian pot is world-famous (at least according to the Dutch, since that was the main thing being advertised last time I was in Amsterdam).

Actually, it was an attempted joke because you're a Canadian, aren't you? I have a pothead nephew lives in Vancouver, so I know all about their weed.

What makes you think most of it is grown outside?

Ah, I see I was right with the first reply to you. Where did I ever say "most of it was grown outside"?

Clearly, lots of it is grown outside - or at least in the mind of whoever wrote the article, which says:

"California accounts for almost a third of all US production.

It is a major economic force in the state, especially in the redwood forests in the north, where the smell of weed wafts unmistakably down the streets of several towns."

See that? Grown in the forests? I doubt too many hydro operations would be set up in a forest - much easier to protect and hide inside. A few plants in the forest won't look out of place, but I susepct sealed cabinets with a generator for power supply would do.

 

[Madalch]

Actually, it was an attempted joke because you're a Canadian, aren't you?

That possibility (of a joke, not the possibility of my being Canadian) did eventually occur to me, but I liked the Danish wine analogy enough to leave it posted.

I remember being shocked about a year after I moved to BC, when someone walked past me smoking a cigarette, and I could smell tobacco. I had forgotten that people still smoked that stuff.

 

[Daylight]

Imagine if it was the best plant for BioFuel! That would be a riot!

 

[WildCat]

Ah, I see I was right with the first reply to you. Where did I ever say "most of it was grown outside"?

Clearly, lots of it is grown outside - or at least in the mind of whoever wrote the article, which says:

"California accounts for almost a third of all US production.

It is a major economic force in the state, especially in the redwood forests in the north, where the smell of weed wafts unmistakably down the streets of several towns."

See that? Grown in the forests? I doubt too many hydro operations would be set up in a forest - much easier to protect and hide inside. A few plants in the forest won't look out of place, but I susepct sealed cabinets with a generator for power supply would do.

So now because some is grown outside in California, that somehow means most is? Are you really that thick? Apparently, you are.

Because Americans don't grow indoors...

Next time you jump to half-assed conclusions you might want to use that matter between your ears you apparently don't think you have any use for.