US CA: Proliferation of Pot

The Chico News & Review, 03 Nov 2011 – Sheriff’s Deputies Bust Several High-Volume Marijuana Farms Harvest time in Butte County is winding down, and the Butte County sheriff’s Special Enforcement Unit had a fruitful October, uprooting 4,056 female marijuana plants and gathering 6,654 pounds of processed marijuana. It also arrested 10 people-alleged growers, their helpers and a pot hauler.