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Water theft by cannabis growers was also mentioned in a scholarly analysis of the issue.<ref>https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-0589-3.epdf?sharing_token=z4HqzWXdqHTFsfff5b3jN9RgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0PKSBHAtzRLLFHndYPi3aK0JZX_8QFXoi-TzOLWhpQ7zp73oHGOWYMeMvvyEpliT0aNbOfz28OOO_UewdQS38N4NNYN0t0OPdmvhz1n6p_xUYPAXIXz2-95DouVf6g-UJS_hP4iCH0T9TdSQgydh6OfP7k5Xz_tC8VctH_45KqRDY07uoUN141R_lDd5zvgYA0%3D&tracking_referrer=www.washingtonpost.com</ref>
 
Water theft by cannabis growers was also mentioned in a scholarly analysis of the issue.<ref>https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-0589-3.epdf?sharing_token=z4HqzWXdqHTFsfff5b3jN9RgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0PKSBHAtzRLLFHndYPi3aK0JZX_8QFXoi-TzOLWhpQ7zp73oHGOWYMeMvvyEpliT0aNbOfz28OOO_UewdQS38N4NNYN0t0OPdmvhz1n6p_xUYPAXIXz2-95DouVf6g-UJS_hP4iCH0T9TdSQgydh6OfP7k5Xz_tC8VctH_45KqRDY07uoUN141R_lDd5zvgYA0%3D&tracking_referrer=www.washingtonpost.com</ref>
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As observed by a [[California]] legislator:
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While law-abiding residents face particularly intense drought conditions, illegal growers steal water, worsening the already-heavy strains on California’s water supply. The water thievery has reached record levels and is compromising the health and safety of our communities. In a 2021 news conference, a federal Drug Enforcement Agency agent calculated that “illegal grows in Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties require an astounding 5.4 million gallons of water a day, every day.”
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These illegal growers also blatantly disregard environmental concerns, leading to stripped-bare landscapes, deforestation, and wildfires, while their misuse of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers poisons the land and the groundwater that residents use to bathe and drink.
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But the growers do not stop there. While many families and businesses are already feeling the crunch of today’s economy, legal growers are further pushed out of the market by illicit activity.<ref>https://www.dailynews.com/2022/07/31/illegal-marijuana-grows-threaten-antelope-valleys-way-of-life</ref>}}
 
== Blatant theft by illegal pot growers ==
 
== Blatant theft by illegal pot growers ==
 
As reported by [[Associated Press|AP]]:
 
As reported by [[Associated Press|AP]]:
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