According to a recent study, marijuana is being blamed for the current drought effecting California and it's wildlife which is completely unfair. Not accounting for the millions of plants destroyed every year from the DEA is only making matter worse. Reference: https://www.marijuanapackaging.com/blog/is-illegal-marijuana-really-causing-californias-drought/
California drains billions of gallons of water from reservoirs during drought. The reason? To keep river water at proper temps for trout http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304547704579565622649474370 Blame the politicians
To environmentalist, fishermen and people who like to eat it But the point is, they dumped enough water to supply millions of people for the sake of fish.
It's the peoples fault, not the fish. Who do you think is causing global warming and disrupting weather patterns across the globe?
Every once in a while on the radio someone from my town's sheriff's department goes on about how "we all know how there is a drought going on and we all know how illegal marijuana growers steal water. So if you see anybody growing marijuana illegally call this number ______" Been going on for months.
Too funny. I heard on the radio out here in California the other day that it takes a minimum of 6 gallons of water a day to keep a cannabis plant alive. Unbelievable what people will say.
And to the hippy that wants to blame changing weather patterns on humans....we've only been documenting weather for less than 200 years. The majority of people researching weather patterns agree that these changes are cyclical. Don't trip. Get a haircut.
When it comes to global climate change, there's this thing called science and it disagrees with you. There are arguments that support yours but if you really understood the topic you wouldn't deny it.
Plant numbers. Maybe. Weight. MJ blows them all out of the water. Mj is ca number one cash crop as of a few weeks ago. Lol. And it ain't even legal here.
Oh. I have a pretty good grasp on the topic. And seeing as how other planets in the solar system have been heating up at approximately the same rate, and as far as i know there are no humans on those planets to cause these changes it's pretty safe to say it's not because of us. but if it makes ya feel good to believe we do have that much impact on the solar system...keep on gettin' down with yo bad self.
Yes, illegal weed does divert water, but it's little compared to all the vastlands of agriculture and overall general daily usage we have here in Cali. The lack of rain we have here also isn't helping. Climate change, whether it's man-made or naturally cyclical, is also contributing. A proper legalization system would help fractionally, and it is not going to fix or even substantially help CA's drought. It is not easy to manage water in a state with 38 million people combined with a lack of it. If I remember correctly, Mendocino did not have 1 tresspass grow bust this past year, and these people are the worst with water (often times stealing from rivers and streams), destroying land, and pesticides. I'm not convinced that if we hypothetically didn't have weed that our drought problem wouldn't be that bad. I think we have bad weather (or good, depending on how you want to look at it), and a lot of people and things to take care of within our border. Captain Obvious reporting out...
No, that was perfect. Finally a voice of reason! Way more fun than watching me and some guy i'd probably get along with really well if we met complaining back and forth.