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Pot growers not wasting water

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 08/07/2015 - 09:02

By Ellen Komp, Deputy Director of California NORML

Media outlets, including The Sacramento Bee’s editorial board, and public officials, including the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors, have seized upon statements from state Fish and Wildlife officials about marijuana and water use in a few creeks in Northern California to greatly overstate the problem, causing unfair backlash for genuine medical marijuana patients.

California NORML has challenged the figure of 5 to 10 gallons of water per day that’s being used to further vilify cannabis during the drought (“Pot grown outside is a waste of water,” Editorials, July 31).

Fish and Wildlife did not measure or calculate their water usage estimate, but rather lifted it mainly...

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