Maine now a hot spot for marijuana growing by Chinese criminal groups, officials say
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- Опубликовано: 17 июн 2024
- Maine has become a hot spot for illegal marijuana growing, and officials say they suspect ties to Chinese organized crime. In an exclusive interview, Maine Senator Susan Collins raises concerns about potential national security issues. NBC News' Jacob Soboroff reports for our ongoing series, Captives of Cannabis.
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#Marijuana #Maine #Crime
Until its federally legal its not gonna stop. I havent heard of Chinese moonshine stills in Appalachia yet😂
Cause everything they do is a low quality copy. And No NYr wil go buy chineese junk pot. FYI.
Sumdumdrunk is on the market
Legalize it.
Notice how criminal groups don't make alcohol?
It's because there is no "black market" for alcohol.
dont forget to tax it
Yes moon shine is still being sold in the south. The really smooth moon shine.
legal marijuana areas have MORE CRIME NOT LESS.
LEGAL MARIJUANA ONLY CREATES MORE ILLEGAL MARIJUANA CRIME
GOOGLE IT.
@@modestmouse2889 go back to school.
😅93 year old Sea Hag still has a job in dc. This is the reason why this country cannot move forward.
Blaming china for all the problems when the problem is old people wearing diapers are the problem😂😂😂😂😂😂
GERIACRACY
....and somehow the Chinese and Mexican Cartels never get busted or bothered.
Chinese sprayed on pot sounds like chemical warfare to me
Fake news
It’s coming and it’s not fake!
@@pinchebruha405
Disinformation and False flag Ops
They just use the same pesticides that Scott's miracle grow so yea poison. Grow organicly, make your own soil. Many ways to grow plants without the use of non organic chemicals
Exactly!
We continue to tolerate foreign infiltration, disrespect and exploitation...
Man you all love them.
Stop calling it a hate crime when they are
You hate foreign competition, even a lot of tech companies are full of Indians
Canada has chinesse police stations. Sure some in usa as well.
Do they make money when the cops keep busting them?
Close the borders
Thats the MAGAT in ya talking. I bet you wear one of them red made in china MAGA hats?
It’s 2024. Are we still treating marijuana like it’s taboo and criminal? We are in the twilight zone.
I get that you enjoy smoking it and all, but many people don't look forward to inhaling your disgusting weed fumes.
@@Melior_Traianoexactly
@@Melior_Traiano so don't😂
I highly doubt people are running up to you blowing it directly in your face.
@@AlexR_44 They are smoking it in parks, next to playgrounds and in the inner city's pedestrian zones... pretty hard to not inhale it.
@@Melior_Traiano no, it isn't hard not to inhale it. You may smell a little from a distance, but I assure you, it's not affecting you other than your delicate sensibilities.
I've been in towns where people smoke openly on the street, it's VERY easy to avoid them.
It's also not cool in children's playgrounds, so if you see that, go ahead and report it, they should know better, or are likely under-age and just punk kids doing punk kid things.
Legalize it and you put them out of business 😊
weed is legal to grow in Maine, just these are not legal grow houses
@@coldervoidhd877 It's not legal everywhere. That's the market.
they grow here and deport grows
yeah thats it... smh..
@@MalikShaunteyeah, that IS it.
Look into the repeal of "Prohibition".
Criminal groups and cartels don't make alcohol, because alcohol is legal everywhere, and there isn't much of a "black market" for it.
This has been going on since the late 90’s it’s nothing new 🤦🏻
Since the 70ties in the Caribbean,,,.
Whos buying it?🤔
Yeah, it's easy to blame the people putting in the work! Funny how it always falls on the worker
Not the real smokers we know what the Chinese junk is.
Crazy thing is these cartels will grow it here and then ship it to other markets outside of the US. Change Agents on YT has a lot of good interviews about this
Teenagers, young adults and people who like to live the high life
Black market is still alive and will always be oooooowwii lol
Pot needs to be come federally legalized yesterday 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🇺🇸🇺🇸
General Tso's Kush
Underrated comment
Kung Pao Maui Wowie Kush
Dragon 🐉 piff
Looks like they're turning the 'Pine Tree State' into the 'High Tree State'!
Who knew Maine would become so popular with green thumbs from across the Pacific? 😅
Human trafficking network too.
All non black groups in the US are allowed to operate criminal organizations without impunity
Exactly
All non-white groups you mean. Especially if they're foreign illegals.
Maybe blacks shouldn’t show their crimes on instagram
It's easier to point fingers to your enemy then yourself.
I worked in the largest hydroponic store in the United States and trust me if they shut down 40 of them a week ago there’s 60 going up by tomorrow morning
How was this even even possible in the US?. this is how you know the government itself is slacking
China owns America
Exactly
Even in cali the asians run alot of the fields doesn't suprise me its a giant thing
Especially in northern California
In the next few years, Asians are about to kick the Mexican cartel's butts in a new US drug war.
Shhhhh
Fentanyl spiked
Funny thing is if it wasn’t illegal and the Americans actually had the right to grow their own than the Chinese would be out of business
lol
That old lady Mayor needs to retire. All the old people in government need to go.
If someones power bill goes from $100 to $1000 my guess is the new resident doesn't have the AC on in the summer
I bet his shirt is made in china 😂
It’s almost like we shouldn’t be letting in people from other countries that keep hurting American citizen communities.
"NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER!"
Sounds like the FBI director doesn't want anyone to have common sense...
Weed all good until you need to trim it.
That’s what she said
Grow in legal states ship it to illegal states. Its just business. its only a crime when the state gets no money from it.
I'm 71, supposedly the same age as Susan Collins. How long has she been lying about her age?
Grow all you want.
I won't convict anyone of simple possession of marijuana.
Low IQ activity
it's about the Chinese Gov't funding these grows and owning land here. both are illegal for a foreign gov't to do. pay attention. they are exploiting us for financial gain. it's not about if weed is legal or not, bc they aren't doing this in states where it is illegal. again, pay attention.
400 plants?
You won’t convict foreigner groups lacing marijuna with fentanyl?
@@PistonHonda87 Who laces pot with fentanyl? That makes no sense.
Californians and people from Denver are ready to move to Maine for this
LIFE IS ABOUT GROWING AND BEING PRODUCTIVE.
Well delta 8 should cut sales down at least. Keeping d7 illegal makes the dealer richer. Duh.
It's all about money nothing more the mighty dollar
Ridiculous
What is the DEA doing?
Aides china as usual.
Looking for Americans that do that instead
They're concentrating on Mexicans
@@ronnieitaquab1008 Nah, they're at the donut shops with cops, both group is just letting crime go rampant and then telling us "WE NEED MORE MONEY!!!!!"
See what you did, #StateAndFederalOfficials? You took a purely homegrown industry and handed it over to a #ForeignState government. WTG. 🤨 #LEGALISE!
Ok, so take it from them and give it to American growers
“Suspected ties to Chinese organized crime” or its just local Mainers filling in the gaps of our recreationally legal cannabis law.
U are naive
The government over taxes everything. They’re a gang of bureaucratic tyrants.
These cats everywhere committing crimes. They don’t discriminate nor have no boundaries. But they are takers, they never give back to anything but themselves.
Just legalize it. Geez
If they made it legal there wouldn't be a problem. They make too much money off it being illegal.
Same thing in Canada.
When people get caught, they just blame the Chinese. 😂
tell us you don't know what the issue is without telling us. (hint: it's about a foreign government owning American land and using it to grow weed that they profit from immensely) It isn't about weed, you ignoramus.
Of course Chinese they are a trouble making
I don’t like how popular marijuana has become
Bac in the 90”s bud wasn’t this popular. 2024 everybody and there grandmother smokes.🤔
No many ppl still do not! I look around and see ppl moving like zombies. It’s scary. I will not!
Thanks a lot ozark !
If you legalize it nationally, then there is no crime. Then there’s no reason to do this. It’s that simple.
Lol if it was just federally legal then a lot of that would stop in that state.
Probably happening in Australia as well
Uhm hello they’re all over Mt.Shasta sooooo blatantly obvious. It’s ridiculous
The cartels in California are diverting water for crops when they’re not outright dumping poison into it.
This is chinas unrestricted warfare, same with fentanyl
Our country needs some maintenance.
Why can't citizens grow weed ?
If it ain’t 1 thing it’s the next. Sounds like a government problem.
Legal or not weed will flow. Here weed has been everywhere for ever, legal a long time. All legal weed changes is that contraband weed gets better and cheaper
1 Pound of Vegetables or
1 Pound of Weed
$1 or $1,000
Growing weed cost a lot of money and is time intensive.
Why are plants illegal?
Stop it. If any of them get attacked out in California or New York City you're on here whining about hate crimes.
BS , it's everywhere. It grows like weeds,
Surprised?!?! NOT.
Vote accordingly!!!!
End out of state home ownership, and you can end the Chinese grow problem as well as maybe we can get back to mainers being able to afford homes again
Well said.
Huh is it not legal there, ive got plant's growing on my balcony,, i guess im not going to that state,
They’re just growing in Maine. They’re selling in places where it is illegal, such as Brooklyn.
Crazy
Blaming the niqwas, the browns, and now the Simpson people...merika will keep a bad guy for the new generations to come
70 year old drug wars
Nonsense
And there’s nothing America can do about it…. C’mon
This is why people dying of fentanyl!!!!!
NAVY/MARINES YOU'RE UP GUYYYY TALK TO EACH OTHER KEEP IN TOUCH YOU TOO SOUTH
Since we must blame outside sources...i pick Tik Tok
Chinese must have grown the best marijuana 😮😮😮
Are you going to make a story about marijuana grown by other ethnic, religious, or race groups? Especially the "protected" ones? Something tells me no.
Every1 grows pot lol not just Chinese people and i find this offensive...cannabis should be legal everywhere
The pot calling the kettle black. Does anyone remember the Iran-Contra affair??? 😵💫
They don't even remember VPOTUS Burr was never prosecuted for murdering his political opponent.
Maine needs to grow up. Quit being silly. Get over yourselves Maine Canada.
China Should Grow there Own marijuana at country
It's a death sentence there for drug growers
china is a communist country.
They are doing fine with fentanyl. They are doing what the queen of England did to them with opium. Ironic isn’t it? They learned well, the west did not. It’s on us.
Sad to read this, I always felt Maine was so remote and safe from the drug nonsense happening in lower states. Now no where in USA is safe from this trash. Thanks President Parkinson for open borders
It’s just weed old timer
It’s that Wuhan stain
She is right
Maybe it’s him.
America is so behind the times. Canada legalized marijuana a few years ago. Each citizen of age is also allowed to grow four plants for personal use. The industry is well maintained and regulated.
Behind the times?! No, Canada has become quite a messed up place because of Chinese influence and guys like Trudeau
Lol...that stuff is crap!...and full of chemicals for a quick turnaround.
Fake news
Was there ever any crime in Maine 🤔
Steven King made sure there was in our imaginations
Ditch weed no doubt.
You let them in here..probably collecting government benefits while growing the weed
What is wrong with the senator ? She think this is tie to cccp .what has the us politicians become
That isn't what she said.
Note the altar in the final scene, which shows the growers are praying for the success of their operation.
That isn't how Buddhism works.
Oooohhh, now it's the Chinese?
Hmmmmmm, I wonder how they got here.
Most often on commercial aircraft.
NSA and the military should declare marshal law and take over the White House. What a mess!!!
Something needs to be done! Everyone pretends not to see the not so invisible war
Alwaýs blaming foreigners for their problems😂😂😂😂😂😂
The government wont do a damned thing ......why is this news😂😂😂😂?
I should just grow my own buds
Cheap weed wins
Us gov gave Chinese the construction sector guietly and openly hahaha
Who cares as long as they care how they growing an helping others with this sacred plants quite attacks us ganja warriors
americans should care. they are exploiting our country and it's illegal for their gov't to fund such operations. also, they use slave labor. I've seen it firsthand in Oklahoma.
Gee right when Joe Biden is reclassifying Marijuana, how coincidental.
Border security and the violent crime it brings is far more of a priority..😅
Ciao Chow Maine 👋