More Than a Million Marijuana Plants Seized, 148 Arrested in Raids in 2019

More Than a Million Marijuana Plants Seized, 148 Arrested in Raids in 2019
A bag of marijuana is shown in a file photo in Los Angeles on Jan. 24, 2019. Robyn Beck//AFP via Getty Images
Brad Jones
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More than three years after California legalized marijuana farms and the cannabis industry, the state announced the seizure of nearly a million illegally-grown pot plants and arrested 148 people in raids in 2019.

But still, not enough is being done to enforce existing laws governing the cannabis industry—legal or not—say groups such as Americans Against Legalizing Marijuana (AALM).

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