New Florida Grow House Law Passed today...

[dj digigrow]

They Changed the Min. number of plants from 300(State) 100(fed.) to 25 plants.. Ive heard you will get 20years Manditory. Also if a toddler under 3 is in the same residence as the grow its upped even more. As well as stiffer peneltys to owners of the grow house renting or not....
Florida has been Plagued with Cuban and Mexican Grow Rings.. which is ruining it for us little guys.. Florida is second to Cali. in Indorr growing

 

[mysticls]

just google'd it and

http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=64491

Tallahassee, Florida - Attorney General Bill McCollum Tuesday unveiled a legislative proposal to fight the increasing threat that marijuana grow houses pose to neighborhoods throughout Florida. The Marijuana Grow House Eradication Act also contains powerful child protection provisions including enhanced penalties for those who have a child present at a grow house and enhanced penalties for those who have illegal drugs in close proximity to children under the age of three.

In 2006, law enforcement detected marijuana grow houses in 41 of Florida’s 67 counties, ranking Florida second only to California in the amount of grow houses.

Many marijuana growers have moved from rural fields to sophisticated growing operations in the suburbs of Florida. This cultivation shift has been accompanied by new techniques to vastly increase the drug’s potency. This extremely potent form of marijuana contains up to 15 times the amount of THC, the addictive chemical found in marijuana, than marijuana common 20 years ago. Grow house marijuana has a street value of $4,000-$6,000 per pound and can be traded pound for pound for cocaine.

The legislation, sponsored by Senator Steve Oelrich (R- Gainesville) and Representative Nick Thompson (R - Fort Myers), creates a tough new penalty for those who grow 25 plants or more.

This legislative change specifically targets for-profit growers who exploit Florida’s current trafficking standards of 300 plants and the federal threshold of 100 plants to avoid prison time.

Additionally, the bill creates a new penalty against those who own a house for the purpose of cultivating marijuana, as well as a new penalty for those who live in or are the caretakers of marijuana grow houses.

Currently, law enforcement around the state is required to store cumbersome grow house equipment in order to preserve it as evidence. In order to address this growing storage burden, the bill allows a photograph or video recording of equipment used in the cultivation of a marijuana plant to be considered as evidence in the prosecution of the crime. The bill will also allow law enforcement to destroy grow house equipment upon the completion of all investigations and provides immunity from any civil liability to law enforcement for the destruction of the grow house equipment.

 

[HeadyPete]

fu(king Republicans.....

Pound for pound with cocaine...I seriously doubt that.

What are these new techniques to vastly increase potency? Tell us, we want to learn them!

I call bullshit.

 

[DIGITALHIPPY]

bush likes cocaine.
oh wait hes republican also.

 

[Guest]

Makes me ashamed I was born and raised in Florida



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HeadyPete: chk that thread of mine if you would please I just put some of those POTENT strains in germ

 

[Guest]

Wasn't born or raised here,but I wouldn't live anywhere else.Do things that set you apart from the others.Keep no scales or firearms and PAY YOUR OWN FOCKIN ELEC BILL!!Every single bust I hear about locally anymore involves theives,not growers.Its guilt by association, now I know how honest attorneys feel.(If there is such a thing,)

 

[zymos]

This extremely potent form of marijuana contains up to 15 times the amount of THC, the addictive chemical found in marijuana.

jeez louise...

 

[dj digigrow]

Just run 24 plants... 12 monster trees and 12 clones... there is always a loophole....

 

[stonedeconomist]

florida growers will have to start growing trees, a long veg time is better than a long jail sentence.

 

[Limeygreen]

Take advantage of the sun in FL, if you can risk doing it there then they can **** right off from looking for equipment in your house.

 

[Guest]

Where`s "LOU GREW" ?...........It`s no different where I live guys..........The south is Hell.......Don`t grow where you live for anything other than personal useage.....Simple.........DHF......

 

[Germanator]

Move to California...and overgrow the West.

Screw living in any state with grow laws that stiff...my "freedom" is more important than a zip code.

Germ

 

[Guest]

Born and raised in FL I swore i would never live there again. Thats why i moved to Oregon and i recommend all Floridian stoners vacate the state and let it sink into the sea.

In Florida it wouldn't matter that weed helps me live a normal life, to them i'm as bad as a crack head. In Oregon the state Department of Health give me a card to grow,hold,and smoke to help the pain.

Stay safe FL people

 

[Guest]

I actually feel safer undercover in Florida then if I were a registered grower in a MMJ state,The DEA won't be busting down my door anytime soon.If I lived in Cali or Oregon I could never ever say that with certainty.

 

[Guest]

hasnt passed yet but i'm sure it will...

The Marijuana Grow House Eradication Act is expected to be heard during the 2008 Legislative Session.

 

[Depths Of OG]

Does anyone know where I can get $6,000 a pound for my weed? I get about half, so I'd really like to double my profit without doubling my plants.

 

[Guest 16149]

What a crock of bull. I live in Florida and would rather that our governor and legislature would work on reducing my taxes and my house insurance. Last year my house insurance doubled from 800.00 to 1600.00 and I do not live on the beach, am at least 15 miles from it. So instead of raising the old drug red herring, why don;t they concentrate on things that really matter to people instead of trying to up the penalties for a harmless drug that most other states are decriminalizing or reducing penalties for. I am ashamed of what this state is turning into, gues it is time to leave the old farts and conservative asses to their own means.

 

[Guest]

100% audi...........

 

[Vdro]

Does anyone know where I can get $6,000 a pound for my weed? I get about half, so I'd really like to double my profit without doubling my plants.

cali or new york

 

[gdawg]

that really sux;.