09-25-2010, 04:21 AM
It isn't the lot size. The drug dealers (I refuse to call people who are growing more than adult personal use quantities growers) utilize any space that isn't theirs and seems to be hidden. Nanawale has had a fair number of 100+ plant operations in the last year, interrupted. From my talks with a couple of the local police, the reason there are so few arrests is that the drug dealers are growing on unsuspecting people's vacant property. You can't arrest a mainland property owner for growing it if they haven't even seen their property for a couple years.
They are also devastating rather large areas in the forest preserves (which we border upon) by clearing native forest, using large quantities of pesticides and fertilizers, etc. They don't remove their garbage, etc. They are spoiling native forest. In light of this, I welcome efforts to curtail this destruction of the land.
They are also devastating rather large areas in the forest preserves (which we border upon) by clearing native forest, using large quantities of pesticides and fertilizers, etc. They don't remove their garbage, etc. They are spoiling native forest. In light of this, I welcome efforts to curtail this destruction of the land.