Marijuana Bust And A Quick Math Lesson!!!

COLORADO SPRING, Colo. -- Police in Colorado Springs seized about $403,000 worth of marijuana from a home that police say was the site of a major marijuana cultivation operation.

On Jan. 5, investigators got a tip that marijuana was being grown at a home on Argus Drive, said Colorado Springs Police spokesman Lt. Skip Arms.

Officers asked to talk with the homeowner and "were stuck with an overwhelming smell of raw marijuana," Arms said.

The officers searched the home and found 342 marijuana plants, 1,440 grams of refined marijuana, 63 grams of mushrooms, 161 grams of Peyote and three firearms, Arms said.

The marijuana is described as high grade, Arms said, that yields much higher levels of THC (the main chemical in marijuana). Well that's the report from the 'Denver channel.com'.

Now the math lesson, Lets suppose the 342 plants was an average 'skunk', developed to grow under lights indoors, these plants would produce  1 female for each male, now we are down to approx' 171 females, the sheriff says this haul is worth $396,000, ( I've knocked $7,000 off to cover the Weed and mushrooms he had dried already and the guns???) this means each plant would have to produce $2,321 worth of Marijuana, assuming average skunk sells at $4,000 per kilo, (2.2 lbs)  that means each plant must produce around 580 grams,(1lb 3 oz), to give you an idea how far off the mark the police are,  below I've posted a few examples from one of the finest Marijuana seed companies in Holland,  'Sensi-Seeds' who are a multi-award winning Cannabis seed Company their plants are bred to produce maximum yields of maximum potency Marijuana,  these are the average yields when grown under ideal conditions, all 3 are known as quite 'heavy croppers' :-

Sensi Seeds Big Bud
Indoor Flowering: 50-70 days Height: 140-160 cm Yield: up to 120 gr New improved 10 seed box

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Sensi Seeds Afghani #1
Indoor Flowering: 45 days Height: 100-130 cm Yield: up to 125 gr New improved 10 seed box. An absolute must for the true Indica love

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Sensi Seeds ED ROSENTHAL SUPER BUD
Flowering: 55-65 days. Height: 110-140 cm. Yield: 135 gr. Ed Rosenthal Super Bud is gourmet ganja with cash-cropping potential - the only drawback being that growers may find those harvests hard to part with.

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As you can clearly see the average yield of dried Marijuana is only 100 to 125 gramme, (4 to 5ozs) not 580 grammes (19oz) and nothing close to the amounts the Police, DEA and Sherriffs office bandy around, just another example of 'F*** the truth' in the never ending 'Drugs War'.

PS, I had thought the sheriff's valuation of $2,300 was way over the top, i since found that the DEA actually calculate on $5,200 per plant!!!, incredible.