{"id":14184,"date":"2018-02-05T19:16:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T19:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/?p=14184"},"modified":"2018-03-19T18:17:12","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T18:17:12","slug":"24-mind-blowing-facts-about-marijuana-production-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/2018\/02\/24-mind-blowing-facts-about-marijuana-production-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"24 Mind-Blowing Facts About Marijuana Production in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\"><strong><em>The only thing green about that bud is its chlorophyll.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\"><em>\u2014By\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/authors\/josh-harkinson\"><strong><em>Josh Harkinson<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em>,\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/authors\/brett-brownell\"><strong><em>Brett Brownell<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em>, and\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/authors\/julia-lurie\"><strong><em>Julia Lurie<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/motherjones.com\/toc\/2014\/03\">March\/April 2014 Issue<\/a><u> of Mother Jones<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;color: #0000ff\">You thought your pot came from environmentally conscious hippies? Think again. The way marijuana is grown in America, it turns out, is anything but sustainable and organic. Check out these mind-blowing stats, and while you&#8217;re at it, read Josh Harkinson&#8217;s feature story, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/environment\/2014\/01\/marijuana-pot-weed-grow-farm-environment-energy\">The Landscape-Scarring, Energy-Sucking, Wildlife-Killing Reality of Pot Farming<\/a>.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"386\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14187\" src=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/a.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/a.png 625w, https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/a-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/b.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"405\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14188\" src=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/b.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/b.png 630w, https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/b-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/c.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14189\" src=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/c.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/c.png 630w, https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/c-300x143.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/d.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14190\" src=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/d.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/d.png 630w, https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/d-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/e.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14191\" src=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/e.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/e.png 630w, https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/e-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/f.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"405\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14192\" src=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/f.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/f.png 630w, https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/f-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/g.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14193\" src=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/g.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/g.png 630w, https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/g-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/h.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14194\" src=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/h.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/h.png 630w, https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/h-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/i.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14195\" src=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/i.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/i.png 630w, https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/i-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/j.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14196\" src=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/j.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/j.png 630w, https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/j-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/k.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14197\" src=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/k.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/k.png 630w, https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/k-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><em>Sources:\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drugscience.org\/Archive\/bcr2\/bcr2_index.html\"><em>Jon Gettman (2006)<\/em><\/a><em>, US Forest Service (California outdoor grow stats include small portions of Oregon and Nevada),\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/ondcp\/marijuana-on-public-lands\"><em>Office of National Drug Control Policy<\/em><\/a><em>, SF Public Utilities Commission,\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/evan-mills.com\/energy-associates\/Indoor.html\"><em>Evan Mills (2012)<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">UPDATE: Beau Kilmer of the RAND Drug Policy Research Center argues that the government estimates of domestic marijuana production used in this piece and many others are in fact too high. Kilmer&#8217;s research,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/ondcp\/policy-and-research\/wausid_results_report.pdf\">published last week<\/a>, suggests that total US marijuana consumption in 2010 (including pot from Mexico) was somewhere between 9.2 and 18.5 million pounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">Source:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/environment\/2014\/03\/marijuana-pot-weed-statistics-climate-change\/\">https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/environment\/2014\/03\/marijuana-pot-weed-statistics-climate-change\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The only thing green about that bud is its chlorophyll. \u2014By\u00a0Josh Harkinson,\u00a0Brett Brownell, and\u00a0Julia Lurie |\u00a0March\/April 2014 Issue of Mother Jones You thought your pot came from environmentally conscious hippies? Think again. The way marijuana is grown in America, it turns out, is anything but sustainable and organic. Check out these mind-blowing stats, and while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,89,14,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cannabis-marijuana","category-environment-drug-politics","category-social-affairs","category-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}