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LOS ANGELES (AP) — There are thousands of illegal marijuana farms around the country.

But when the federal government decided to stage one of its largest raids since President Donald Trump took office in January, it picked the biggest legal grower in California.

Nearly two weeks later, the reason for the federal raid at two Glass House farm sites northwest of Los Angeles remains unclear and has prompted speculation. Some say the raid was intended to send a chilling message to immigrants in the U.S. illegally — but also to rattle the state’s legal cannabis industry.

Meanwhile, the Republican Trump administration has been feuding with heavily Democratic California over funding for everything from high-speed rail construction to wildfire relief, so it’s also possible Glass House was pulled into a broader conflict between the White House and Sacramento.

“There are plenty of other places they can go to find illegal workers,” said political consultant Adam Spiker, who advises cannabis companies. “A lot of people believe there is a hint of politics in this. It’s federal enforcement coming into California to go after cannabis.”

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[–] etherphon@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (4 children)

You don't want to take away weed, you don't want all the unmotivated stoners to get active, trust me just leave it.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 8 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I happen to have known lots of the self-medicating type of "stoners" over the years and weed is basically their superpower. Many/most of them are actually overachievers.

The Hollywood stereotype of people doing bong hits and then doing nothing but playing video games and eating bad fast food I guess exists for a reason, but there are many that don't fit that mold...I don't think you want to piss them off either, though, since daily use is how they found a way to keep themselves sane and maintain a very high level of productivity.

I knew more than a few body builders during university that would wake and bake and then go hit the gym for many hours. I asked one of them how or why they came across this and many swore it game them more energy, more focus for getting in the zone. He also mentioned Arnold smoked up back in the day, so they figured it would do no harm.

[–] etherphon@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

As a stoner myself and somewhat old one at that there's certainly all types of stoners and I agree, I was trying to be funny but point is a lot of people use it for one reason or another, for many such as the people mentioned in the other reply and myself, it's important medicine.

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