More than a dozen states that legalized marijuana have seen a spike in illegal marijuana grow operations that utilize massive amounts of electricity.

I don’t know what a grow operation looks like, I’m betting charging my Electric Vehicle at home consumes more electricity than plant lights. That EV charging can pull 40 amps for upwards of 6 hours if the battery is dead flat when returning from a long trip. Seems like an easy way to mask a grow operation would be just to lower your EV charge (say to 20A or so) rate to stretch out the duration, then run the grow lights at the same schedule as the EV charging. There’s no way to know from the electrical meter what is consuming the electricity.

Only a matter of time before some no-knock warrant gets some botanist killed or something.

Yea, guilty until proven innocent isn’t really something people want.

The common denominator is that criminals appear to be taking advantage of laws legalizing marijuana in an attempt to fly under the radar to produce marijuana that’s sold in states where cannabis is illegal. The FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration are investigating any ties these operations might have to criminal syndicates including Chinese organized crime.

In Oklahoma, farms, empty nursing homes, bowling alleys and warehouses were transformed into marijuana production operations after voters legalized cannabis for medical use in 2018. Police began cracking down after realizing straw owners in China and Mexico were running many of the licensed operations, said Mark Woodward, spokesperson for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics.

From what I heard the moisture really fucks up the house.

lame ass Karen ass snitches 🥀