The Willits News in the Wilderness section summarizes the issues to be discussed at a symposium on illegal water diversions. The symposium will be held at the Willets, California community center.

Marijuana growing is being blamed for what USFS Special Agent Ron Pugh calls “a crisis at every level”. A fishery biologist from Arcata will speak about how the diversions of waterways are affecting salmon and steelhead populations.

The article states that the meeting is not to be a debate over marijuana cultivation but over illegal water diversion. Assuming that the problem is indeed as described (and there is no reason to doubt the reports) this site would like to point out that this is yet another situation that should be blamed on poor lawmaking. By making it illegal for the actual consumer to grow their own supply the government has caused the cash value of marijuana to be high enough that it encourages the type of activities that are destroying the environment. Make cannabis legal and end the stupidity, we have a life to live and this type of ignorant lawmaking cannot be tolerated.

Fri 24 Oct 2008