105-tonne marijuana haul
 

Exactly how much is that anyway?

105 tonne = 231 485.375 29 lb,lbs

1 tonne = 2 204.622 621 8 lb,lbs


Dats a Lotta Weed !!!!

Isn't it usually sold in some other unit?

lids.

105 tonne = 231 485.375 29 lb,lbs/304,000,000= $1468.78/pound

or about $92. an ounce. It's the 1980s all over again!

Tell them to send it to my house I will make sure it never makes it to the street. :lol:

Perhaps we can sell it and put the proceeds toward the deficit.

If these 'massive' busts were significant, then the street price would go up. Prices don't change. 100 tons is near zero marijuana. They make a big deal about this to maintain political lies.

Every Federal Officer I knew that was involved in this stuff would mention how ridiculous the entire enforcement thing was.

For example, profits from smuggling were so great that they buy $200,000+ speed boats. Unload the drugs in estuaries. Then burn the boat. A new boat with each delivery is cheaper than risking the same boat on two runs.

Another once joked, "We bust them by day, and smoke with them at night." Only those who 'know' using emotion would advocate marijuana restrictions.

I find myself experiencing two distinct emotions about this story:

:mecry:

&

:flipbird:

Lids? Not since I was five.:lol2:

Wasn't sure if anyone here would remember back that far!

I lol'd at it foot3.

That's wholesale.

I remember when it $15/ounce. Yes, I'm that old.

Goddamn, you're old.

Spex , that was those Pencil shavings you bought that time Dude !!

Hey, they got me high. I'll have to rob the sharpener! Here, at work, we use these awesome Columbian pencils... :joint::nuts::rasta:

"Bundles of seized marijuana were incinerated at a military base in Tijuana, Mexico. Authorities called this week's marijuana bust the biggest in Mexico's history, as the country has intensified its fight against drug cartels."

Via NYT Lens blog.

:mecry:

Wait,.. we have an insane Federal deficit and we're paying people to do this? I'm not seeing mission critical spending here. That is an easy agency elimination, what's next?

It was done by the Mexican Government, not the US.

woopsie daisy

We were probably still paying for it.

Yeh really. I hadn't thought of that.

Let's not forget, it was only Mexican weed. 104 tonnes of that is equal to about 1 tonne of Chronic.

That's racist. :p:

what is the difference?

In the 70's Mexican weed was considered "dirt weed".

still is.

Merc, you might enjoy "Botany of Desire" that's all I'll say, I won't spoil it, but I know you'll dig the book.

Look at all the rampant street cred. :lol:

Am I the only one to wonder when, exactly, marijuana was reclassified as a "narcotic"???

1937

Wasting the weed is bad enough, but look at all that CO2 going up! You evil buggers! Won't somebody think of the polar bears?

They were. They were getting the polar bears high. The bears just laid and giggled as their small slabs of floating ice took them over the horizon.

*sniff*

That was beautiful, spexx.

Have any of you folks ever heard of a guy named Barry Cooper? He's a former cop from Texas (an interdiction officer) who, after 8 years on the force, quit law enforcement and now teaches people how not to get busted...every trick & tip you can think of that the cops use, he's giving it away. Very interesting cat. Activist. Check him out. Whether you smoke pot or not, he is an interesting personality to study.