humble3d Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Feds worry that drug cartels are moving into Colo.& VideoLet's make a deal... :lol:An ongoing federal drug investigation is raising serious questions about the Colorado marijuana industry. Federal Agents believe drug cartels are coming to the state and using the front of legal marijuana to make money illegally. VPCLegal pot is easy to ship to other states illegally, agents sayDENVER — An ongoing federal investigation is raising questions about the Colorado marijuana industry's ties to illegal drug operations.Widespread raids on Nov. 21 targeted more than a dozen dispensaries, warehouses, homes and grow operations. Agents are gathering evidence to prove Colombian drug cartels are coming to the state and are using the front of legal marijuana to make money illegally.STORY: Largest-ever drug tunnel in Nogales foundSTORY: Neighbor states on guard against Colo. potSince 2005 before medical marijuana was legal in Colorado, pot smuggling busts have increased 407%, according to an August report from the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, which is connected to the White House National Office of Drug Control Policy.Most of the pot was coming from Denver, Boulder and El Paso counties and was being smuggled primarily to Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Texas and Wisconsin, the report said.Marijuana often is sold for twice as much on the black market in states where it is not legal, said Tom Gorman, director of the Rocky Mountain drug trafficking task force."You have a very desirable product with 48 other states that are potential customers. My God! What a market that is," he said. "Our intelligence tells us, and all indications are (drug cartels) are going to move in if they haven't already."Any drug cartel activity in Colorado creates huge potential problems for police and citizens, he said."(Cartels are) treacherous and they have no sense of morality," Gorman said.Drug-related violence has killed tens of thousands of people in Mexico in the past decade, but Gorman said we won't see that level of violence. Cartels will keep a lower profile in Colorado to avoid drawing attention to their activities.Meg Collins, executive director of the Cannabis Business Alliance, points to safeguards in place here to prevent drug trafficking, such as seed-to-sale tracking, and considers the increase in marijuana smuggling busts a good thing.Federal drug officials say they've intercepted pot from Colorado in at least seven states.(Photo: Marco Ugarte, AP)"I think it shows vigilance by law enforcement," she said.Collins, whose group advocates for the marijuana industry, said a change in federal law could eliminate the black market altogether."If you legalize (marijuana) in every state in the country, then you're not going to see people transshipping across borders because it's legal," she said. Then "you can get it anywhere in your state."But such a change would require congressional action.In federal law, distribution of a small amount of marijuana as a gift is treated like marijuana possession, which is considered a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and a minimum fine of $1,000 for a first offense, according to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. Sale and cultivation of fewer than 50 plants or kilograms is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 and the penalties increase from there."We have 21 states plus the District of Columbia that have legalized medical marijuana," Collins said. "And that momentum is building and continuing to grow."Three months after the federal pot raids, none of the 10 target subjects have been arrested and federal agents will say only that their investigation is ongoing._http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/02/14/colorado-pot-drug-cartels/5485421/Reached for comment while vacationing in Canada, US joint tax representative for tax equality, I.P.Daily said: "Let's milk this for all the tax revenue we can get... To blazes with the cartel... We will be the kings of global dope tax" :o :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasbridge Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 (edited) Do the Federal authorities really expect us to be believe that the drug cartels were not heavily involved in the distribution of marijuana in the Denver metro area prior to it being legalized there? FYI, nearly 3 million people live in the Denver metroplex. To me, that is utter nonsense... Edited February 15, 2014 by rasbridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kn_andre Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Really ??? :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: ... So after Legalizing Pot, all Problems are Over and the World is a Better Place huh ?? We wait and watch Closely :mellow: :mellow: :mellow: :mellow: .... Cheers for sharing ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CODYQX4 Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 (edited) . Edited April 28, 2019 by CODYQX4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackieo Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 street value of a gram is ten bucks. / legalised? is how much ? + 20 dollars tax addon fee - screw that shit.this whole deal stinks of a setup. its legal in the state but federally its still illegal. ticking time bomb.dont think you arent being photographed walking into those shops either they got your number bro.you have the right to remain silent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Street price was $7 ounce, maybe 8 .. when I was a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackieo Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 (edited) Street price was $7 ounce, maybe 8 .. when I was a kid.and half of it was seeds. and you get out your beatles white double album, open it up and get a playing card and sift out the seeds...ya i remember those days....>) Edited February 16, 2014 by jackieo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kn_andre Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I do not see this ending well . :unsure: :unsure: :unsure: :unsure: :unsure: :unsure: :unsure: ..... I foresee someone Shooting theirselves in the Foot soon ... <_< <_< <_< <_< Cheers .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 (edited) That is just crazy to think that. Obviously, the US government doesn't know what Mexican weed looks or even smells like. The USA states that have legal Maryjane usage, grow there own (high grade not low grade Mexican weed crap). Actually, no Mexican weed is going into CO. or WA. Lets do the math people....avg quarter of high grade on the streets goes for 120.00 USD. In CO. and WA. high grade goes for 72.00 USD to 115.00 USD. So for me as a consumer, I would purchase the cheaper high grade legally which you know doesn't have any chemicals or pestisides on it unlike the Mexican weed does. Plus Mexican weed usually has mold in it because of shipping sealed bags which still have moisture in them. I will tell you right now I would buy from the state any day before I would support a drug cartels from Mexico. Keep in mind the only weed that comes from Mexico is sensimillion not sativa or indica blends. Sensy is the lowest on the pole as weed is concerned. I purchase all of my medical Maryjane from my state in which I live. I carry a medical card on me all the time so if a cop does ask about my weed possession, he looks at the card and tells me to have a nice day. :)As far as the Feds are concerned.....They are watching and waiting to see if this could possibly lower crime rates and see if the states can control it like they said. So for now the Feds will just watch and wait. Keep in mind, if the Feds wait too long then they wont be able to stop it from being legal in all of the USA. Edited February 16, 2014 by Cerberus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flitox Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 apparently the mex drugs cartels are as dumb as the us official.i would be them, i'd have invested in good quality seeds and took cuttings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 (edited) They just had this on the news this morning again. CO. has seed to consumer policies in place so they know who a seed is being planted for and what condition it helps. So now my question is, where did the US government find out info on CO working with cartels? If everything is traceable for each patient or person then the feds would absolutely know the drug cartels have Nothing to do with CO sealing weed. Feds need to do a better job if this is how they conduct law enforcement.In fact the person in charge and running the weed industry in CO. was a state cop before hand and he has said they have all kinds of paperwork for each individual plant for each individual person. So the Feds would be throwing one of their own in prison and we all know cops even retired ones don't never goto prison in the USA. lol Edited February 18, 2014 by Cerberus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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