Drug cartels Grow a Marijuana Cash Crop on public land

Marijuana cultivation on public land in the US is a multibillion-dollar business, run by Mexican drug cartels and guarded by heavily armed members of US-based street gangs and Mexican nationals, says the head of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). “Our national treasures are now ground zero for international and domestic drug cultivation and trafficking,” said drug czar John P. Walters. “We must push back against the invasion of foreign drug-