Lawmaker on cause of illegal pot farms: 'A product of a dysfunctional federal policy'

Rep. Earl Blumenauer and DHS Special Agent in Charge Robert Hammer talks about solutions to contain the spread of illegal weed farms and how to protect trafficked undocumented immigrants.

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[calvinduke]

LEGALIZE IT FEDERALLY ALREADY END CANNABIS PROHIBITION NOW

[cesarhernandez]

Or and hear me out, do the Libertarian thing: legalize it AND don’t regulate or tax it otherwise people will never go to dispensaries because of their absurd high prices

[gillygil]

When he said they only care about profit he means the us government right

[johncunningham]

I’m wondering what the percentages? Like 1 in a 1000 that this is going on? The rest are home growers.

[ghostwalk]

Many of these illegal weed farms are run by legal weed retailers, their taxes are so high there's no room for profit

[SeismicSize]

yeah, give the GOVT THUGGS the (legal tax) money and cut out the Cartel THUG middle man

[chinhtai]

now you know why food, water, medicine...room? sometime difficult dreath? right?

[courtneyhunnell]

THE LAW IS VERY CLEAR, HUMAM TRAFFICKING AND SLAVERY IS LEGAL ALWAYS HAS BEEN.. PREPARE YOUR HEART'S, SOON EVERYONE WILL KNOW WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN HAPPENING THESE LAST 7 PLUS YEARS

[JohnJohnson-]

As an business man!! We all care about our profit!!! DUH!! No one wanna take losses come on it 2022
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