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DEA Digs Up $1B Worth of Pot Plants

2 month operation results in death of 578K plants

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 22, 2012 8:26 AM CDT

(Newser) – Drought may be upon us, but the government is tearing up green crops all the same. The DEA and forest authorities have dug up more than 578,000 cannabis plants in the western US since July 1, as part of a two-month operation that saw...   Read full story »

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