<p><a href="/images/old/6a00e5537d966288330115713b4583970c-800wi.jpg" rel="lightbox" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Say it ain't so... Say it ain't so... Cheech Billion in marijuana seized Billion in marijuana seized" class="at-xid-6a00e5537d966288330115713b4583970c " src="/images/old/6a00e5537d966288330115713b4583970c-400wi.jpg" style="width: 370px; " /></a> </p><p>This bit of news could&#0160;come right&#0160;out of a Cheech &amp; Chong movie: $1 Billion in marijuana plants were&#0160;seized in CA&#39;s&#0160;Fresno county earlier this week.&#0160; Along with the seized&#0160;mary-jane, 82 Mexican nationals allegedly involved in the drug ring were arrested.&#0160; In what appears to be a huge &quot;anti-drug&quot; operation, it seems the state of California is set on investing their armed man-power and tax dollars into not allowing people to smoke a joint and or letting a poor unemployed Mexican make a living.&#0160;The state is currently facing a budget deficit of $25 billion.&#0160; In related California news, Oakland voters passed a measure that allows taxation of medical marijuana for the first time in nation&#39;s history.&#0160;This tax will raise approximately $300 million in state revenue and may even perhaps begin to re-ignite the topic of&#0160;marijuana legalization in the state given&#0160;the potential tax value of what is&#0160;being eradicated in Fresno county that is currently&#0160;just Going Up In Smoke<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1248357297189_643"></span>. See more on the next page.&#0160;</p><p></p>

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<p><br /><a href="/images/old/6a00e5537d966288330115722fe7ad970b-800wi.gif" rel="lightbox" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Say it ain't so... Say it ain't so... Marijuana_leaf Billion in marijuana seized Billion in marijuana seized" class="at-xid-6a00e5537d966288330115722fe7ad970b " src="/images/old/6a00e5537d966288330115722fe7ad970b-400wi.gif" style="width: 370px; " /></a> </p><p><span style="color: #737373; font-size: 10px; font-family: Arial; ">Sergio Pineda</span></p>
