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Now I know why Girl Scouts is so much fun in Indiana...

http://news.aol.com/article/marijuana-farm-busted-on-scout-camp/86370

WARSAW, Ind. (July 16) - Police found thousands of marijuana plants being grown in a remote part of a Girl Scout camp, according to court documents and a scout official.
Officials at Camp Ella J. Logan were dismayed when they found out what had happened, said Sherri Weidman, chief executive of the Limberlost Girl Scout Council.

Police found the hidden marijuana farm with plants in various stages of cultivation in a wooded swampy area of Kosciusko County, according to documents filed Monday in U.S. District Court in South Bend. Some of the plants were growing on land belonging to a local resident, while the bulk - about 5,000 plants - were growing on camp land. State troopers in an airplane spotted the plots.

Mario Comacho, 44, Mariano Gonzales, 38, and a juvenile were arrested last week after police found the farm. Comacho and Gonzales, both of Goshen, appeared for an initial hearing Monday in federal court on charges of possession of more than 1,000 marijuana plants with the intent to distribute. Neither man had an attorney, according to court documents.

Johnny Coy, who owns part of the land where the pot was found growing, said he wasn't aware of the operation and rarely visits the swampy area.
Weidman said the area was in a remote part of the 220-acre camp accessible only by wading through the muck or taking a canoe. The land was bought by the council to provide a safety buffer, she said.

Parents of campers were informed of the discovery when they picked up their children.

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Now I know why Girl Scouts is so much fun in Indiana...

http://news.aol.com/article/marijuana-farm-busted-on-scout-camp/86370



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"Stealth farms" are nothing new. If governments would just legalize marijuana, people could grow it on their own land and not resort to hiding it on others.

I for one would certainly have loved buying cookies from those girl scouts.

I for one would certainly have loved buying cookies from those girl scouts.

Especially if said cookies were actually brownies...

I for one would certainly have loved buying cookies from those girl scouts.

Ditto

I for one would certainly have loved buying cookies from those girl scouts.

Hmmm... imagines the orders...

"I'll take 3 boxes of Thin Mints, 2 boxes of Samoas, a couple boxes of Do-si-dos, and a box of Hash Brownies..."

Sounds good to me. :)

Especially if said cookies were actually brownies...

Bwahahha girl scouts, brownies.... mahahahah I see what you done there.

"Stealth farms" are nothing new. If governments would just legalize marijuana, people could grow it on their own land and not resort to hiding it on others.

Marijuana may be a little bad, but compare it to heroin, and alcohol (which is legal), and other dtugs and whatnot, and it's clear that the gubmint has their collective heads up their asses.

Now I know why Girl Scouts is so much fun in Indiana...

http://news.aol.com/article/marijuana-farm-busted-on-scout-camp/86370



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This might explain why those girl scout cookies are so damn addicting. :D

This might explain why those girl scout cookies are so damn addicting. :D

Hey LG, maybe this could give you an idea for a product of your pie industry.

Clearly this is indication that at least one Girl Scout is seriously devoted to earning her Plant Life Award.

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As someone that's regularly staffed in BSA summer camps, I'm not all too shocked, actually.

I for one would certainly have loved buying cookies from those girl scouts. "no wonder I couldn't just eat one!"

love those Thin Mints!

As someone that's regularly staffed in BSA summer camps, I'm not all too shocked, actually.

Especially with the older Boy Scouts *nod*

As someone that's regularly staffed in BSA summer camps, I'm not all too shocked, actually.

What truly saddens me about this incident is that the people behind this MJ farm were Latino. It pains me to see the bad image things like this create for Latinos in the US. Come on, couldn't that MJ farm have been managed by a Russian and a Latvian or summat?:rolleyes:

Well, at least that means they were relaxed...

Well, at least that means they were relaxed...

Or paranoid.

Or paranoid.

Or both.

Or both.

And with the munchies.

Or both.

*tries to imagine someone being in a relaxed paranoied state...*

And with the munchies.

well, at least they can munch on their cookies.

And with the munchies.

And seeing yellow elephants...

And seeing yellow elephants...

Indeed.

Is there a cannabis growing merit badge?

Is there a cannabis growing merit badge?

If only. There could also be a "resist the munchies* badge.

If only. There could also be a "resist the munchies* badge.

Or a "smoke that blunt" badge.

Who needs dealers when you have girl scouts with door-to-door weed...

It's always the ones you least suspect.

It's always the ones you least suspect.

And the most innocent ones too. No one suspect them.

Yet another reasons to fear girl scouts.:D

Yet another reasons to fear girl scouts.:D

Or any pre-pubescent being.

here's a broadcast of the weed disposal. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04i8RO-P7qg&feature=related)

Marijuana may be a little bad, but compare it to heroin, and alcohol (which is legal), and other dtugs and whatnot, and it's clear that the gubmint has their collective heads up their asses.

Nah, actually I think it should remain illegal. I don't think the penalties should be anything like they are, but they should just be stiff enough so that people continue to smoke the stuff behind closed doors. That way I'm not in danger of second-hand marijuana smoke everywhere I go. It's bad enough getting second-hand tobacco smoke.

here's a broadcast of the weed disposal. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04i8RO-P7qg&feature=related)

Hahahahahaha...Ooh, I wet 'em...

Nah, actually I think it should remain illegal. I don't think the penalties should be anything like they are, but they should just be stiff enough so that people continue to smoke the stuff behind closed doors. That way I'm not in danger of second-hand marijuana smoke everywhere I go. It's bad enough getting second-hand tobacco smoke.

Actually, I think the penalties are not high enough. I'd be completely fine with the penalties being harsher.

Especially if the second-hand smoke comes from your illegally in the US neighbors, trying to cover the smell with a trash burn and failing miserably.

And with the munchies.
that's prob what tipped the cops off - the large number of girl scout cookies that troupe were ordering yet not selling on.

that's prob what tipped the cops off - the large number of girl scout cookies that troupe were ordering yet not selling on.

Indeed.

What truly saddens me about this incident is that the people behind this MJ farm were Latino. It pains me to see the bad image things like this create for Latinos in the US. Come on, couldn't that MJ farm have been managed by a Russian and a Latvian or summat?:rolleyes:

No matter what the heritage, some people are gonna be a poor example of the rest of their group -- whether they are Latino, Sicilian, Russian, Polish, British, Lithuanian, or Venusian.

No matter what the heritage, some people are gonna be a poor example of the rest of their group -- whether they are Latino, Sicilian, Russian, Polish, British, Lithuanian, or Venusian.

Yeah. Still it's very sad.