In the operation, which ended today, the guardsmen and agents from the Bureau of Land Management and the Drug Enforcement Administration destroyed 1,200 plants producing potent sinsemilla marijuana and seized five tons of equipment used to maintain the remote ”guerrilla gardens.” No arrests of suspected marijuana growers were reported.
This policy is wrong. The craving for mind-altering substances is as basic to humans as the need for food, sleep and sex. It cannot be legislated away, and armies cannot smash it.
“Legalize Drugs The Solution is Worse than the Problem” San Francisco Examiner – August 12, 1990
The examiner is now an internet news hub and contemporary federal marijuana raids don’t employ a mere 200 agents.
Hmmmm….682 divided by 16 equals 42 plants per raid.
Pretty good odds, if you ask me.