Energy Turtle
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Its all a part of a secret cabal led by Big Ganja and the cannabis illuminati.Apparently they also looked at Nevil's seed bank.
To hold High Times responsible for people getting busted is ridiculous.
Its all a part of a secret cabal led by Big Ganja and the cannabis illuminati.Apparently they also looked at Nevil's seed bank.
To hold High Times responsible for people getting busted is ridiculous.
Investigators put cameras on hydro shops to help collect evidence too. That was one of the contributors to me taking break at one point.
1989 oh yes it happenedWhen was Operation Green Merchant? Did it really happen?
Yes and those customer lists came from the hydroponics stores that they raided. Nothing about High Times subscribers."Federal drug agents arrested 119 people today and raided retail stores in 46 states that sell specialized horticultural equipment that investigators say is used for growing marijuana indoors."
"Officials of the Drug Enforcement Administration said that agents entered 22 businesses selling horticultural lighting and watering equipment and that 8 or 9 were closed."
"Agents also seized business documents like shipping records and customer lists that could lead to indoor marijuana growers, the officials said. Charges Are Unclear."
The government and their agents are as lazy as anyone else. If you can coerce someone into giving you from their rolodex what it would take 2-4 agents and a shitload of time to gather from hardcopy, they will take the easy way out... like most humans... But they're also bureaucrats, so it amplifies the whole "I'm lazy" component.Why would the DEA need High Times to tell them about the people who advertised in their magazine? Couldn't they just look at the magazine and see who advertised in it? What would High Times know about the people advertising in their magazine that would be incriminating?
It's not like High Times was selling the growing equipment so I'm not understanding what their connection is to the people who purchased grow gear from their advertisers and who were eventually busted for growing. Is it being implied that they're guilty for not warning the advertisers that the DEA was asking about them?
I'm talking about the thread starter suggesting that High Times was responsible for people getting busted in Operation Green Merchant.High Times subscribers? WTF are u talking about?
"Green Merchant Ops"
People really smoke a lot of pot.
"In May 2003, Tommy Chong plead guilty to charges of "conspiring to distribute drug paraphernalia," after a sting operation in which federal agents in Pittsburgh ordered his bongs over the Internet, thus ensuring that the items were sent across state lines."Homeland security stole my bongs I ordered from Europe a few years ago.
I'm still pissed over that.
I've read the female DEA agents and the agents' female spouses use them as dildos. (no, not really, but it creates some imagery if one focuses on the idea...)"In May 2003, Tommy Chong plead guilty to charges of "conspiring to distribute drug paraphernalia," after a sting operation in which federal agents in Pittsburgh ordered his bongs over the Internet, thus ensuring that the items were sent across state lines."
They love bongs.
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Not a lot of pot, it only takes a few hits off "Alex Jones" to stay high all day long..High Times subscribers? WTF are u talking about?
"Green Merchant Ops"
People really smoke a lot of pot.
Indirectly, High Times was responsible for the arrest of several people. The list got busted in their facilities.I'm talking about the thread starter suggesting that High Times was responsible for people getting busted in Operation Green Merchant.
What are you talking about?
Their facilities? What are you talking about?Indirectly, High Times was responsible for the arrest of several people. The list got busted in their facilities.
If you have trouble understanding this, study logic, because your reasoning is very flawed.
PS - Do I think High Times is to blame for this? NO, again, NO. If you have trouble understanding my point about the feds, go back to the second paragraph. If you have a problem with the creator of the thread, quote him in your post, not me.
Here in Canada in the late 80's thru into the 2000's the cops would stake out all the hydroponic shops and take pics and license plates. It's how they were able to bust so many growers back then. I was taught to always get someone totally unconnected to growing to buy all my supplies and that was my standard practice the whole time I grew thru all those years. One of the main shops here got popped and they got his customer list and lots of people got raided. Thankfully I never dealt with those guys.Investigators put cameras on hydro shops to help collect evidence too. That was one of the contributors to me taking break at one point.
Bearing in mind that back in those days, merely loaning someone a shovel, a garden hose, or some soil, with the knowledge they intended to use them/it to cultivate cannabis, was potentially grounds for a federal conspiracy charge.