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Florida's New Boom Crop: Potent Indoor Pot

By John Johnson, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 29, 2009 7:35 PM CDT

(Newser) – California gets most of the attention when it comes to marijuana headlines, but Florida leads the nation in indoor pot cultivation, reports Time. Last year, police raided more than 1,000 so-called grow houses, more than double the number in 2006. The trend has the... Read full story »

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