MPP's F. Aaron Smith Criticizes Marijuana Eradication Efforts on KTVU-TV 07/29/2009

[DavySigfusson]

This story only shows that criminals are the ones who get the mega 10, and not the country itself...

[KyleTwoo]

HAHA! I LIVE IN SONOMA! YEE!

[Frances3654]

it's videos like these that make me cry

why do the nazi stormtroopers steal and get to go free, while a gardener gets punished.

[IFlick]

Dow Chemical and Monsanto have refined defoliants to eliminate only heavy foliage and trees without harming food crops! Nothing effects Kudzu, it will take the place of scrub brush and wetlands used to hide narcotics! We're turning those rolling California hills into another shade of green! Kudzu will strangle marijuana at the root! Kudzu adapts to defoliants. You'll be astonished with the speed it will cover vast tracks of California. Soon, you'll see little else!

[IFlick]

With the new "Double Eradication" effort we're winning the war on marijuana. With Invasive Species and Chemical Defoliants. Chemicals and predatory plants like Kudzu will eliminate the forest and wetland canopy that is used to hide growing narcotics. Kudzu can take down power lines! This plant and modern herbicides will take California down to the bare ground. Cuttings have been taken of the Giant Redwoods, we'll eliminate trees that are use to camouflage pot fields. We will win!

[edgar04200]

KEEP ON GROWING.........THE GOVT IS A PUSSY AND THEY WILL SOON GIVE UP.... and just tax the shit

[inkfool1]

what a waste of time and money

[minivuvu]

i guess the only thing is to do is to bundle all this weed in a public park and rid of it by burning it... :)

[AmericanDrugWar]

YouTube: How Weed Won the West

[cuishi14]

theres alot more then just buying the weed, there is a whole market

[cuishi14]

Weed is the reason we have crimes...

But thats cuz we pay criminals for it!

Fucken eh...

Is the government that oblivious to wats goin on in there own country?

Or do some politions get a cut out of it being illigal? hmm that wuld make sense to keep it illigal

Think of a market with weed..

Weed cafes, pipe and vaporizer plants

(need a word for everything that weed can b smoked out of pipe, papers, bongs etc..) ...farmers, seed companys, medical companys, and veding

[0mgt3hm00kz]

Way to spend shit tons of taxpayer money on helicopter fuel to haul out weed, guys.

[dustin8420]

Don't get me wrong I wish it was legal.. it should be. BUT, this was some guys from the mexican drug cartell right? Screw 'em, burn their plants, burn them for all I care.

[younwhosarmy]

"Very clever young grasshopper"

[Fightman20]

ADD MORE VIDEOS! THIS ONE IS OLD!

[Whiterhin018]

They can never stop drugs, especially marijuana, opium (& its byproducts), & cocaine. These marijuana erradication efforts are a waste of tax money. Legalize it already its not going anywhere and if you combine all the busted marijuana grow ops and couple them with all the undetected ones it's pretty fucking evident. Legalize it, create a system of regulation and harm reduction & put the cartels out of business; its just that simple. Think about it all you close minded idiots.

[AllStarBugler]

Does anybody have ANY CLUE as to how much money is wasted on cannabis prohibition??????

PLEASE PLESAE PLESAE America: do some independant research on harry J. Anslinger and William Randolph Hearst and realize the truth behind this failed war on pot that has BANKRUPTED AMERICA - BANKRUPTING AMERICA OVER A BENIGN WEED..... Can America be any more stupid?

Can America be any more corrupt?

[BonemanHA]

yes. $9-12 BILLION dollars, every year. What has that done?

Increased the prison population, created a dangerous war at the Southern border, created criminals from folks who just want to get a buzz without killing their liver. Some just want the stuff legalized because it makes great material for clothing (hats, shirts, pants) and can be painted on and being made here would open up thousands of jobs through-out the US.

almost a third of the nation wants it legal!

Danged professional politicians!

[48snowbird]

george washinton grew acres of it, even in UTAH, its colonizer, Brigham Young, is recorded as saying "Utah is the best place to grow marijuana"..crazy...blessings to the biten grower, I hope your wounds have healed,

[slipknotdrumface666]

fuck da police

[Tradethinker]

LISTEN you little cunt, the police is what keep this evil drug off the street. You can sleep safe at night because they were able to get this lethal narcotic off the street and out of minorities who commit murder.

[steelbreeze420]

No harm..but the odds of me being killed by a nut on drugs vs. being beatup by the cops..ill risk it..

Police are out of control all over this country. Neanderthal clowns with guns and some sense of power. They lie to cover their own, so there is no loyalty to the law..only each other. I grew up in a police family, and have seen it is the norm, not the exception.

[Tradethinker]

YA ya ya sure there are few bad cops that beat their children, make out with their children, rape their children, and force their children to sex grandpa. There are always a few bad apples and I'm sorry to hear you were apart of it growing up.

The fact is 99.99999% of cops make you safe at night. They keep the evil weed off the street and out of your body so you don't commit acts of murder.

[larks33]

evil weed? weed is probably THE most harmless drug you can put in your body. More harmless than ANYTHING at the pharmacy, do some research

[Dudeuseyourbrain]

evil weed?

Wow, that right there shows how much research you have done...

[louden09]

You are a moron. Simply said. And no cops are there to make their money and make the money for the state it's not a non profit organization for the good of the people it's a profiteering agency for the government to harm the innocent pot smokers. fuck the police.

[abrahamtherey]

weed commits murder... so there should be at least 100k people dead kuz of weed and 15k more murders a month... from people who smoke it monthly. and ur little thing about its minorities who are drugged up that commit murders... whens ur next white hooded meeting kuz its you all who are the ignorant ones. this is why bush was president for so long REDNECK!

[Danarbed]

@ Tradethinker: You sir, are an idiot. People have the right to put alcohol and tobacco into their bodies and marijuana is way way less harmful, it's less carciogenic than tobacco and has never EVER in recorded history caused an overdose. and.. Cops keep the "evil weed" out of your body? If they didn't do raids, nobody would force you to do drugs just like noone's forcing you now, it's your choice either way. also.. weed is a psychedelic downer, it could never make you do anything violent.

[thecommonnate]

hahaha

[BonemanHA]

In Indiana, it's legal for the cops to break in a man's house and murder him in his own bed. How is that "safer"?

Pot is harmless. It has way less lasting effects than anything out there, including some prescription drugs. A pack of cigarettes is 3/4 of an ounce. If a person smokes a pack or more of cigarettes a day, the person is committing suicide (which is, in itself, illegal) but if a person is smoking 3/4 ounces of pot a day, he's being ripped off by a bad dealer.

LEGALIZE IT NOW! YEAH!

[PhilTHC]

This is what makes our country look stupid as shit...

[xsabbathgamer]

09/02/09

its coming.

[abrahamtherey]

if only america can learn from amsterdam!(idk how to spell it correctly) obama just let the mary go round!

[AllStarBugler]

Correctly spelled, but apparantly wishful thinking. Considering the fact that Bushcimp was elected not once, but twice and the fact that most American's are dumbass rednecks, the future is grim.

If we can get 100,000 pot smokers to move to LA before 2010, we can revive CA's economy and set the example for full out legalization.

[abrahamtherey]

ahhh yes the rednecks :( been holdin us down for many a time only problem with 100k pot smokers going to la to vote is that for somereason wed rather do it ilegally than just pick up a pen and vote yes.

[hitlyst]

I think we can get more than 100k in pot smokers without movin to nasty ass LA =x

[mwtbdltr]

i cannoooooooot belieeeeve thiiiiiissss. he said 3600 plants net worth would be $10 MILLION ... 5000 plants lets just put a figure out there saaaaaay $15 MILLION-ish. and that just ONE CROP...ONE FUCKING CROP $15 MILLION. damn when the fuck is the DUMB FUCKING ASS GOVERNMENT gonna wake the fuck up... mother fuckers!

[freemindrevolution]

thats such bullshit

[brettmann]

aw this fucken backwards crazy christian country does the stupidest shit. do they think that puts even the smallest dent in the california weed farms. thanks for taking all that outdoor bammer.

[foxmulder420]

no shit. at one point is was my dream to be an F.B.I. agent. but after all the truth i have seen. i changed my mind long ago. these bastards need us to change the laws so they no longer have to police it. its up to us to get it done. vote.

[SolarEXtract]

Keep planting marijuana! They can't get it all!

[H4wgHunt3r]

wow i cant believe those nark bastards pulled out ALL of those beautiful marijuana plants. fuck this world

[actyme]

fuck the DEA! Tax and Regulate! Stop spreading your lies about this plant and let people use it if they choose to, GAWD!

[animakoi]

I wonder what they did with those plants.. burned 'em up? :>

[TheCannabisChannel]

keep up the good work MPP

[keytoothed]

They were ratted on.

[frecklesmoker]

Homegrown medicine rules over pharm any day! Keep planting the stuff.

[TerrierBram]

"The Marijuana growers were very clever" ... what do you think man!

[godsend420]

i died a lil inside just fucking decriminalize oh wait the govt black ops. have coke way worse

[MetalMasquerade]

Every problem(although pot use isn't that big a deal in reality) is magnified by underground markets. The government's attempts to stop underground activities usually have a bad aftereffect. for example, keeping needles away from junkies causes them to share, and infect each other. also, every time the police arrest a prostitute without arresting her pimp, he finds a new life to ruin, and has another girl on the street. All the government is doing is making illegal activities more profitable.

[Outlawzand1]

DEA, go away...

[cuishi14]

my bad i meant to give you a thumbs up... DEA GO AWAY!

[darlene1029]

It's more likely the dollar amount they came up with is tax dollars funding these ridiculous bull shit raids.

STOP IT!!!!!

[xxxSTAINxxxx]

its just a PLANT

[MrFungus420]

3,600 plants valued at $10,000,000??

$2700 per plant? (2777.78)

At local prices for commercial weed, that works out to almost a pound of smokable weed per plant.

[peckerwoodforever]

easy a pound per plant outside sometimes upwards of two to ten pounds of outdoor. indoor is where it bothers me when they say like 200 plants are worth a million, but i think they have this calculation one right.

[lovehaightorg]

money grows on trees and the government burns it.

typical of how our government governs :(

[norcal420grower]

maaaaaaaaannnnnnn. its getting scary

[Ganjacolypse]

If people in high security prisons can still get their hands on the herb, what does that say about the futility of marijuana prohibition and the expensive eradication efforts?

How many times does one have to spell out 'futile' for it to finally seep into the thick, brainless skulls of our federal government and legislature?

[lunelac]

so sad, all that beautiful herb goin' ta waste. :(

[darthpaul123]

prohibition= fail

[thetruthaboutstuff]

its nice that the voice of truth can get out there and tell it like it is.

[RevGreen]

this dog and pony show stops nothing...the law is wrong not the bong....meth is death pot is not...

[clarkcolt45]

mafias etc. wants this to be illegal, so they can make money from it and sell it without tax or any regulation

[videosfromderelix]

mafias? your fucking delusional XP its not just mafias that sell drugs, it could be your neighbor for all you know XP

[clarkcolt45]

Delusional? I don't know where u live, but this market is not open for competition everywhere.

If it was legal, everyone would be able to grow and sell taxed product on an open market. But organized crime wants to keep it illegal and keep their monopoly. They'll even kill to keep the market.

[videosfromderelix]

They wont do shit to keep it illegal. You watch to many movies kid. Pot is not the first substance to be prohibited and its not the first substance to be made legal again (it will happen) and if you think the mafia is that worried about pot, you dont understand that they have other ways of making money.

[clarkcolt45]

Do you even know how the mafia came to USA?? Unemployed italians saw their chance when alcohol was illegal, they didn't want it to be legal because in that case they wouldn't be able to control the market.

Same thing now with pot; In my country (proven as a fact) is all pot trade done by OA HA and bandidos. In fact, Police here just made a raport that said that 86% of all pot trading is conducted by only 3 gangs in sweden. Cannabis can't be grown here btw.

[videosfromderelix]

yes and they were unable to stop alcohol from being made legal, why do you think they stand a chance now?

[clarkcolt45]

I don't think they do, lol, did i ever said that?

But I think they don't want it to be legal. Only criminal gangs wants weed to be ilegal, and the drug companies..

[videosfromderelix]

ok sorry i misread your post. Yes i agree that they do want it illegal so they can keep making money. Also you have ignorant people who think its dangerous (yes there are still alot of people like this)

[Clyaton]

Well, and the prison industrial complex, police as well due to increasing budgets for high arrests..... Lets see what else. Oh lobbyists from tobacco and alcohol companies are right behind big pharma, so they also have the 'legal' competition trying to thwart efforts. The paper industry, since this is the original reason they outlawed marijuana using propaganda (to outlaw use of hemp for fuels and paper primarily at THAT time.) Rockefellers and Anslinger were responsible. Bastards

[Pollieo]

espicaly since you can grow weed indoors fairly easy lol

[Clyaton]

Eh... it's not the gangs I worry about trying to keep it illegal, hell with over 10,000 dead in Mexico over the past couple years, it's actually making people to stare legalization right in the face... Mexico is already decriminalizing small amounts of any drug. It's the pharmaceutical industry, prison and police industries, the alcohol and tobacco industries, and ignorant and over lobbied politicians that keeps this prohibition afloat.

[clarkcolt45]

Eh... (lol), You are talking a lot about the USA. The problems you're talking about is real - but you have to take into concideration that my original post was about Sweden. And I stated that clearly.

Just don't answer a comment that I made to answer another one that answered me first etc. etc. etc. lol.

However, the paper industry is a big reason for keeping it illegal here too. New reports have shown that hemp is a 25% better (or more) energy crop then ordinary forest.

[PhrexianReturns]

Damn it. I never thought they would hit so close to home.

Stonomais no more. Fucking cops.Now I have no where to get quality marijuana.

[SUPerFreakUsa]

And yes Badfish we do need him ,, we need everyone ,We have to somehow unite and be all moving in the same direction.We all need to use the tools that Mpp puts out there for us to use ,, Educate ourselves and not be afraid to speak out and correct someone ,, In an adult and mature manner . Show the world ,Speak up ,, lash out ,, ARISE GREAT NATION !! LASH OUT !Ive noticed that most people defending the cause here are not name callers ,And they usually speak the truth ,, We are the world .. we...

[DethklokK0]

if marijuana was legal the cops wouldnt be such thieves...

[SUPerFreakUsa]

First off , Glad noone got hurt .. Armed people at conflict with one another .. But thats what you get . What they dont tell you is how these guys are farming in the parks ,, using huge amounts of pesticides to protect their crops .Usually planted on creekbanks ,,Its like nuclear bombs for the ecosystem .. They care not for anything but bringing that crop in ,God forbid your hiking out there and stumble upon these guys guarding their crops , They will kill you . We can stop it all ,legalise.

[bravehartmman]

Is there a vote coming up soon ?

this should be classed as a crime

5000 poor innocent plants killed and for what !

[im1greatman]

All I see in this video is a waste of tax dollars.

They will never stop marijuana from making to the streets. Why not just make it legal? Do the police and drug agencies have something to lose if it's legal?

Alcohol and tobacco kills hundreds of thousands of people a year yet they are legal but marijuana that has yet to kill anyone is illegal.

Am I missing something here?

[poprockssuck87]

Yeah... their jobs!

[dddiegopan]

Do the police and drug agencies have something to lose if it's legal?

they are afraid of loosing their jobs, paycheck, mortgage, reputation, just like you would, the difference is we don't engage in criminal activities like illegal drug running, and destroying real economies, like some Dea and police do, due to corruption, cause once you are in, you can never get out...

Yes we are all missing the opportunity to live free of Banking fees.

Hey instead of Carbon taxes, lets have Chemtrail taxes

[ic300x]

please legalize

i would like to know what im smoking

[kevinleeisme]

pass it to me, ill smoke it and tell u what it is

[InfamousStax]

Well yeah when you have more people getting into growing marijuana there will be an increase in the ones of carry guns but they try so hard to make it sound like EVERYONE who grows weed will have a gun to protect it. C'mon now. only the people growing 5 THOUSAND plants have guns.

[greenboy215]

I was just thinkin, what if the man that got bitten by the dog has STDs such as CRABS or HIV...and than the dog transters it to the dept. and all you guys are fucked! LEGALIZE AND STOP SPENDING TAX PAYERS MONEY ON A FAILED DRUG WAR...( putting nonviolent people in cages just makes them worst either zombied too the outside world or turn to violent people when they come out!)

[badfish4311]

well your pretty stupid for thinking that HIV can be transferred to from a human to a k-9.

Marijuana should be legalized but we don't need people like you who can barely spell making people think every person who smokes weed look like a total burn-out.

[forloveoffilm]

California has more money than it knows what to do with. It is nothing for them to spend the money on manpower, contracted equiptment, and even healthcare for the Mexican national as a result of the dog bite.

Marijuana is CA's number one cash crop, and the gvmt. wants all the taxpayers to pay for it.

[NikoKun]

How the hell are these outdoor plants considered "Mature" in the middle of freaking July?

Outdoor Marijuana doesn't even START to flower, until there's less than 12 hours of light in the day.

Something doesn't seem right about that.

[Fightman20]

omg, those pot growers are doin the Lords work, leave em ALONE!

[thawhiteazn]

*cries*

[BipolarStoner420]

wonder if they waited until it was mature before they took it?

[NatureLegalized]

Here's some good ones - "Make the most of the Indian hemp seed, and sow it everywhere." ~George Washington, The writings of George Washington Vol 33, page 270 (Library of Congress), 1794 - "Let us declare nature to be legitimate. All plants should be declared legal, and all animals for that matter. The notion of illegal plants and animals is obnoxious and ridiculous." -Terence McKenna - All laws which can be violated without doing anyone any injury are laughed at. - Spinoza, (circa 1660)

[CannabisHeals]

Wow, they actually allowed Aaron Smith to comment without ridiculing it. This is nice. Thank you MPP for your tireless efforts on speaking out against the destructiveness of prohibition and for all the great work you do.

[BecauseTheTruthHurts]

God dammit who the fuck cares if someone's growing pot. We live in a fascist regime.

[videosfromderelix]

*sigh* no we dont. Try living in a real fascist country and talk that shit. We live in a schizophrenic country. Weed is illegal and alcohol is legal because our country is fucking crazy. Its not because of some deep conspiracy or anything, its just because at some point, some politician needed to boost his career by trying to take down something new and scary. It will be legal soon seeing as how many pot smokers there are now. A kid who has a joint in both hands has no way to hold a gun XP

[empbac]

Actually, yes we do. The corporations work with the state against the people. That's fascism and corporatism. There's no conspiracy... just natural business dynamics that occur when you base the economy on such a fucked-up system. Do you actually know the history of the prohibition of various drugs? I suggest you go read.

[videosfromderelix]

yes i do but i think you need to go live in a real fascist country. Your more spoiled then you whining hippies think. better yet go live in a place like burma.

[empbac]

How do you define "real" fascist? Do you mean that other countries are worse off socioeconomically? With that I agree. But it doesn't make this state less fascist. What's your criteria for fascism?

[videosfromderelix]

I dont feel like giving a strict definition right now. Even if they can be defined as fascists but there are still many places much worse.

[BecauseTheTruthHurts]

Yeah I know I was exaggerating ok? I was just commenting on how people obviously cannot do what they please on their own property without the government intervening and and confiscating a PLANT that they want eradicated for political or ambiguous moral reasons.

[videosfromderelix]

lol sure. Because we cant all have weed just yet, its a fascist regime. You really think weed will be illegal forever? If you want a place where everyone is allowed to do whatever they want, go to a place where they have no goverment, see how long you last there XP

[dddiegopan]

standing up only matters if it afect today. Tomorow we may not be here, life is gods plan, but the economy is some sick bastards way of controling people regardles the country you live in, facist or not, you cant to this that or the other. the consecuenses of non complyance is jail, debt, death..

this is why most people feel in their gut , that we have in plave a tyranic world bank society

[videosfromderelix]

economy is not evil or facist, its just weather. Man made weather. It has its ups and its downs. You people give everything so much power.

[dddiegopan]

The weather is god made, it comes and goes, and it washes out to sea, every day.

Compounded interest charges on late payments to financial loans, are accumulative and can destroy your goals of financial freedom. They stick to you, this man made weather is a cloud on top of your head everyday, pouring fear of foreclosure.

the economy in general is a good thing, trade and commerce is the way out of poverty (i am no red fake socialist that takes advantage of poor nations).

Our Power was stolen

[videosfromderelix]

You just want to feel like this is some dramatic battle. Your power was not stolen, i do not live in fear of foreclosure (i am getting a new house actually) and i use to be poor as hell (not bum poor but windows 98 and "borrowing" cable broke) the economy has its ups and downs, stop talking about it like its the end of the world, you just experienced a "down" get over it. Grow up.

[dddiegopan]

it should not be illegal, we talk about being religious, but we don't respect the decision of other human beings that want to harvest a simple god made plant.

It will be recorded in history that this prohibition is the biggest scam in modern history.

Hemp was the plant used to fund the US Revolution, now it is banned, because it can free the slaves of this financial Armageddon and offers a healthy natural path into an enlightened future & financial freedom.

Grow Hemp !

[videosfromderelix]

dude your high XP

but yeah if everyone in the world did weed, who would want to fight? I say we put weed in all the water or something (scientists get working on it now, Chop Chop) then boom you end all the worlds wars instantly.

[theinternetclown]

Thank god this has happened. Now we can keep those harmful, mind altering toxins off the street

[empbac]

You being sarcastic?

[theinternetclown]

Durrr

[empbac]

Well apparently 11 people couldn't see through the satire... a smiley or something would help... ;p

[BecauseTheTruthHurts]

Damn I hate that youtube hides comments that have been down-rated too many times. Now I wanna know what you said...

[RustyCyler]

Directly under the video you see the words "Text Comments". Right next to the words "Text Comments" there is an "options" link. Click on that options link and choose to "show all comments".

[BecauseTheTruthHurts]

Oh cool thanks!

[jasonpalth]

Haven't anyone learned anything from the movie Traffic? You can't win the drug war!

[kvj1989]

shut up pothead

[eLLriDe420]

shut up non-pothead.

[williamkendrick]

damn. thats a lotta weed to lose.. damn. i agree 100% this is just like prohibition, the only difference is... i dont think it's gonna be an.. well its already proving to be a hard sell in washington to get them to realize that marajuana isn't harmfull (if used in moderation), nor does it affect attention span.. but the hardest part will be getting past the bible thumper stage as soon as it ever gets even moderately legal.

[RevMiracleHerb]

This will never end until we vote the corrupt politicians out of office.Too many people are profiting from the prohibition on Marijuana.

[Alytoner]

Those 5000 plants could never sell for 10 million dollars. I swear, everytime they raise the streel price of marijuana to make it seem more intense.

[beeohhski]

we recieved 6 plants today with a street value of 100 billion dollars

[99minerkc]

Think of the cost to operate the chopper alone was! What a freaking waste of tax payer money!

[ReallyPsilly]

Helicopter fuel is one of the most expensive besides jet fuel. I wouldn't be surprised if it cost around a few grand just to get the pot from the grow to safe storage.

Insanity at it's ugliest.

[TheCannabisChannel]

Excellent video, thanks for sharing.

The prohibition of cannabis has caused countless more problems than it has solved. It's a complete failure.

Together we need to act worldwide.