Illegal Marijuana Production Has Plummeted in Washington Since 2010
Illegal marijuana production has fallen drastically in recent years in Washington state, although law enforcement says public lands here remain a hotbed for cartel activity.
The number of plants seized in Washington state in 2014 was 57,000 — about 80 percent less than what was seized in 2010, according to a new report from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. Over that same period, the amount of processed marijuana seized dropped from 3,126 pounds of product to 635 pounds, less than a quarter of what agencies had found five years ago.
The report does not break down seizures by individual counties. But total statewide seizures of plants are a fraction of what law enforcement was pulling out of Yakima County alone a decade ago. A series of raids on grow operations in Yakima County during a one-week period in 2009, for example, saw more than 80,000 marijuana plants with an estimated...
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