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Oregon bust revealed water theft by cannabis growers
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[[California]] Drug Enforcement Administration agent Curt Fallin observed in 2021:
 
[[California]] Drug Enforcement Administration agent Curt Fallin observed in 2021:
 
{{cquote|By our calculation, the illegal grows in Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties require an astounding 5.4 million gallons of water a day, every day.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/07/28/water-theft-drought-cannabis/</ref>}}
 
{{cquote|By our calculation, the illegal grows in Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties require an astounding 5.4 million gallons of water a day, every day.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/07/28/water-theft-drought-cannabis/</ref>}}
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== Oregon bust ==
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An illegal [[cannabis]] operation in [[Oregon]] stole more than 1 million gallons of water in the summer of 2022, before it was busted in August:
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{{cquote|Investigators said a massive illegal marijuana grow east of Medford used more than 1 million gallons of water this season before getting busted Wednesday.}}
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News of the alleged water theft comes as legal farms, vineyards and orchards are struggling with a multiyear drought and irrigation water shortages in Jackson County.<ref>https://www.mailtribune.com/top-stories/2022/08/11/police-illegal-pot-grow-used-1-million-gallons-of-water/</ref>}}
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
 
[[category:cannabis]]
 
[[category:cannabis]]
 
[[category:water]]
 
[[category:water]]
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