{"id":1948,"date":"2011-12-21T03:10:20","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T03:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=9699"},"modified":"2011-12-21T03:10:20","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T03:10:20","slug":"florida-leads-the-country-with-indoor-marijuana-grow-busts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/florida-leads-the-country-with-indoor-marijuana-grow-busts\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Leads the Country with Indoor Marijuana Grow Busts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/florida-leads-the-country-with-indoor-marijuana-grow-busts\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/florida.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"florida\" title=\"florida\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-9700\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/florida-leads-the-country-with-indoor-marijuana-grow-busts\/attachment\/florida-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9700\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/florida.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a>Most people probably picture California or Colorado when they think of marijuana in the United States.\u00a0 With approximately <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canorml.org\/news\/cbcsurvey2011.html\" target=\"_blank\">one million legal medical marijuana cardholders<\/a> between the two states, one would not be incorrect to associate cannabis with the two regions.\u00a0 Another state making the news for its marijuana culture is Florida, however the Sunshine State does not permit legal use of cannabis.<\/p>\n<p>The annual<a href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov\/ndic\/topics\/ndtas.htm\" target=\"_blank\"> National Drug Threat Assessment report<\/a> was released earlier this year by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">United States Department of Justice<\/a>.\u00a0 In fact, Florida now holds the title as the number one state for indoor marijuana growing busts.\u00a0 Perhaps that is not a title they were seeking, but it may push the state toward a real conversation about marijuana reform.\u00a0 Police have voiced their frustration with detecting the grow operations, as they are far less detectable indoors.<\/p>\n<p>Florida politics have created a very aggressive anti marijuana stance.\u00a0 However, there have been <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.browardpalmbeach.com\/pulp\/2011\/11\/medical_marijuana_florida_senate.php\" target=\"_blank\">new resolutions <\/a>recently proposed in Florida\u2019s legislature, although many political analysts are not confident they will survive the debate by Florida lawmakers.\u00a0 The greater point is that clearly there is a split on how the public views marijuana in Florida.\u00a0 Demand seems to be very high in Florida, despite marijuana not being granted legal acceptance.<\/p>\n<p>Many critics will point to the confiscations as an indication that marijuana use is on the rise.\u00a0 While this may be true, there may be other reasons for this increase. \u00a0A leading marijuana lawyer in Florida, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.criminalattorneymelbournefl.com\/Lawyers\/MarkSGermain.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Mark S. Germain<\/a>, stated that growers have moved operations indoors after the passing of the <a href=\"http:\/\/myfloridalegal.com\/newsrel.nsf\/newsreleases\/FD46502C8D97A6FA8525743C0051BC52\" target=\"_blank\">Marijuana Grow House Eradication Act<\/a>, which greatly increased growing and cultivation penalties.\u00a0 So while Florida may have a title they could do without, it remains to be seen if there truly is more marijuana being grown.\u00a0 It seems possible that with stricter laws growers are making sure not to be seen in the open.\u00a0 In the end, if they are embarrassed by such a statistic, they may in fact want to consider adopting the medical marijuana legislation sitting on their lap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/florida.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"florida\" title=\"florida\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-9700\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/florida-leads-the-country-with-indoor-marijuana-grow-busts\/attachment\/florida-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9700\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/florida.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a>Most people probably picture California or Colorado when they think of marijuana in the United States.\u00a0 With approximately <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canorml.org\/news\/cbcsurvey2011.html\" target=\"_blank\">one million legal medical marijuana cardholders<\/a> between the two states, one would not be incorrect to associate cannabis with the two regions.\u00a0 Another state making the news for its marijuana culture is Florida, however the Sunshine State does not permit legal use of cannabis.<\/p>\n<p>The annual<a href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov\/ndic\/topics\/ndtas.htm\" target=\"_blank\"> National Drug Threat Assessment report<\/a> was released earlier this year by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">United States Department of Justice<\/a>.\u00a0 In fact, Florida now holds the title as the number one state for indoor marijuana growing busts.\u00a0 Perhaps that is not a title they were seeking, but it may push the state toward a real conversation about marijuana reform.\u00a0 Police have voiced their frustration with detecting the grow operations, as they are far less detectable indoors.<\/p>\n<p>Florida politics have created a very aggressive anti marijuana stance.\u00a0 However, there have been <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.browardpalmbeach.com\/pulp\/2011\/11\/medical_marijuana_florida_senate.php\" target=\"_blank\">new resolutions <\/a>recently proposed in Florida\u2019s legislature, although many political analysts are not confident they will survive the debate by Florida lawmakers.\u00a0 The greater point is that clearly there is a split on how the public views marijuana in Florida.\u00a0 Demand seems to be very high in Florida, despite marijuana not being granted legal acceptance.<\/p>\n<p>Many critics will point to the confiscations as an indication that marijuana use is on the rise.\u00a0 While this may be true, there may be other reasons for this increase. \u00a0A leading marijuana lawyer in Florida, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.criminalattorneymelbournefl.com\/Lawyers\/MarkSGermain.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Mark S. Germain<\/a>, stated that growers have moved operations indoors after the passing of the <a href=\"http:\/\/myfloridalegal.com\/newsrel.nsf\/newsreleases\/FD46502C8D97A6FA8525743C0051BC52\" target=\"_blank\">Marijuana Grow House Eradication Act<\/a>, which greatly increased growing and cultivation penalties.\u00a0 So while Florida may have a title they could do without, it remains to be seen if there truly is more marijuana being grown.\u00a0 It seems possible that with stricter laws growers are making sure not to be seen in the open.\u00a0 In the end, if they are embarrassed by such a statistic, they may in fact want to consider adopting the medical marijuana legislation sitting on their lap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[45,52,1957,166,371,344,1036,1958,77,1959,1960,56,9,1961,51,70,1,3,61],"tags":[2628,2632,4525,2744,2949,2922,7,4526,2655,4527,4528,2636,4529,2631,5,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}