Pot in the ‘burbs. Oh my!
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p class=”inside-copy”>LATHROP, Calif. – Rick Estrada didn’t think it particularly odd that he never saw his next-door neighbor or that curtains were always drawn. On his block of new homes, everyone was a recent arrival. In fact, some homes still sit empty, owned by investors hoping to “flip” them at a profit.
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p class=”inside-copy”>Never in his darkest dreams did Estrada think the two-story house a few feet from his contained an indoor marijuana-growing operation that authorities believe is the latest wrinkle in drug traffickers’ efforts to hide their illegal business.…
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p class=”inside-copy”>“It still seems like a nice neighborhood,” says Richard Johnson, who moved here a month ago. “It happened, they’re gone, so hopefully it won’t happen again.”
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p class=”inside-copy”>Samantha Malone says she’s moving.
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p class=”inside-copy”>“I have babies. I don’t want to be around that,” she says. “Who’s to say it’s all taken care of anyway, or it’s not going to happen next month.”
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p class=”inside-copy”>And what exactly happened, lady? A house you thought was vacant- which meant you saw no signs of activity, nobody from the house ever bothered you, or tried to sell you dope- this house actually contained people growing a naturally occuring weed without your knowledge. Oh, the horror. “I have babies. I don’t want to be around that”.
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p class=”inside-copy”>Moron. Remember, if you think pot should be illegal, you’re saying God made a mistake.
