Wild West: Drug Cartels Thrive in US National Parks. Daniel B. Wood.
by Wood, Daniel B; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 74Health. Publisher: Christian Science Monitor, 2003ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Cartels | Drug traffic | Drugs of abuse | Marijuana | Marijuana industry | Narcotics -- Control of | National parks and reserves | Sequoia National Park (Calif.)DDC classification: 050 Summary: "Beside an abandoned camp scattered with trash and human waste, lie empty bags of fertilizer, gardening tools, irrigation tubing--and spent rifle casings. Illegal marijuana farming, once the province of small-time growers, has become big business on the nation's most visited public lands: national parks." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article examines illegal marijuana cultivation in U.S. national parks, noting that it is considered to be the "biggest threat to national parks since their creation over a century ago."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Wild West: Drug Cartels Thrive in US National Parks, June 10, 2003; pp. 1+.
"Beside an abandoned camp scattered with trash and human waste, lie empty bags of fertilizer, gardening tools, irrigation tubing--and spent rifle casings. Illegal marijuana farming, once the province of small-time growers, has become big business on the nation's most visited public lands: national parks." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article examines illegal marijuana cultivation in U.S. national parks, noting that it is considered to be the "biggest threat to national parks since their creation over a century ago."
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