On April 14 at 9:35 am, Antioch police responded to the 5400 block of Cherokee Way in Antioch after receiving reports of suspicious activity at a home.
According to Antioch Police Sergeant Jimmy Wisecarver, Police Officers responded to the house to investigate the suspicious activity and found that this house had been converted into an indoor marijuana cultivation. The marijuana grow operation was determined to be illegal in nature.
The Antioch Police Department Special Operations Detectives were called out to the location. The detectives served a search warrant on the house.
Sgt. Wisecarver stated the detectives found a sophisticated marijuana cultivation operation to include over 200 mature marijuana plants. Evidence was collected from the location; however, there were no arrests made at this time.
This incident is still under investigation. Anyone with information asked to contact Detective Brogdon at (925)779-6895
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The UN is in talks currently with many political leaders around the world to change drug policy. I’m glad to know that one day in my lifetime, stories like this will cease.
You damn hippie! Get out of here! This is the US, not the UN!
The war on home gardening continues…
The war is on the illegal grows. It is people like you that don’t give a shit about neighborhoods. This is a war on profit gardening. If it was home gardening then the home owner would stand up and show recommendation paperwork or compassionate grow paperwork. These people are what drives the fight against illegal grows. Grow your own pot and don’t open your mouth about these dangerous grows. These do not benefit the medicinal or recreational users.
Did you forget already? Antioch’s political puppet masters already voted to ban ALL growing here in town, regardless of California’s growing sanctions. Antioch is a backwards place. It’s just too bad that these articles don’t make a distinction between jam-packed illegal grow houses and those that grow for personal use. Antioch’s crime wave ruins all good things…
If you grow a few plants for personal use, APD will not mess with you. The ban is due to the criminal activity that surrounds for profit weed grows. I am not against medicinal and rec use. Unfortunatly, the criminal make this debate impossible to justify either side.
Agreed. ✌?️
Eventually we as a society will look at these kinds of photos in the same way that we now look at old photos from the 20’s of police smashing liquor barrels and bottles during alcohol Prohibition.
Yeah!!! Wait for them to get dry then chop those plants up and light them on fire for all I care!!!
No doubt Colorado would be looking at this and shake their heads. This extended neighborhood area certainly has been a hot spot for grow houses. How about renaming a couple of streets? Blunt Boulevard, Cannabis Court, Cottonmouth Cove, Dispensary Drive, Endo Expressway, Hash Heights, Hemp Hill, Plant Place, Roach Ridge, Reefer Road, Sensimilla Street and of course Weed Way 🙂
Damn this is hella funny I’ll Live on HEMP HILL and kick it on cottonmouth cove
“Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you.” (Genesis 1:29)
Please don’t preach your bullshit. If that is the case then you approve of the heroin and cocaine that has plagued our society.
If you believe plants were created by God, then you have to accept that the opium poppy and coca bush were also his creations. The societal ills that these substances have produced are secondary issues. According to the DEA, cocaine and opium are not on the schedule 1 list due to their medicinal value, as if cannabis did not. In the 70s the Nixon administration began this irrational scheduling of narcotics. Do you really trust a character with that track record to know what’s best for your body?
http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/john-ehrlichman-richard-nixon-drug-war-blacks-hippie/
It’s been like 45 years since Nixon was in office. Many different administrations have come and gone. Maybe some change with these administrations. This article surrounds large scale grow houses in residential neighborhoods. You make a statrement, “in the name of God”, as if you are justifying criminals doing this. If you want to smoke in the name of God then do so. Don’t justify criminal activities in residential neighborhoods. Simple as that.
As of 2016 these irrational narcotics schedules are still in effect. Many presidents have come and gone, but not much has changed in the last 45 years besides more prisons, more prisoners, and a widening of the drug war’s consequences and hypocrisies. Check out he DEA’s site for itself: http://www.dea.gov/druginfo/ds.shtml
I think we pretty much agree: the illegal grow houses stuffed to the brim are the issue and due to Antioch’s criminal saturation it has bred a potent recipe for disaster. At the end of the day these plants exist on this planet, and they aren’t going anywhere. Neither are our mortal bodies with their weaknesses and illnesses and desires for plant medicines. If the words ‘life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness’ don’t include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of Independence isn’t worth the hemp it was written on.
You are totally taking that scripture out of context to support the “pot head” agenda
Gary, where did cannabis originate from? Is God not its creator? Cannabis is a seed-bearing plant that was created by God with a purpose, as with all his works. The fact that he created the human brain with innumerable THC receptors speaks of this fact even more: cannabis was made for the benefit of mankind. If not, then why did he even create it to begin with?
When your neighborhood pot head kicks in your front door and steals the possessions you worked hard for to provide for yourself and your family, and possibly hurts or kills a member of your family in the process, then let’s see if your rose colored liberal views still apply and YOU approve of this behavior?
Gary, your concern for the violent crime surrounding this industry is understandable. These large scale grow houses are an obvious problem when robbery and violence are involved. America witnessed similar crime with alcohol prohibition, and keeping it illegal wasn’t the solution.
But you can’t avoid the obvious fact that cannabis does exist on our planet, as well as the human nervous system chalkfull of THC receptors, and was therefore created/evolved with purpose. Could you explain these two facts?
Yes, God is the creator of Earth. Yes, the brain has many receptors. Mariana was not created for man. Man watched other animals eat the cannabis plant, thus man then tried it. There are two important fact you failed to mention: CB1 and CB2: In CB1 research fact in humans the affect of matjuana reduces the brain memory (short term). However, in animals it enhances the memory because they don’t have CB1. Thus, I will not go into about CB2.
God placed many venomous creators on Earth as well and the vemon is used to cure many illnesses but I’m not running out to get bit by one. Thus, don’t use God as a supporting factor to make a lame argument.
Alcolohic Beverage vs Marijuana DUI
Yes, there are more accidents involving Alcolohic Beverage. Using statistical data is a very useful tool that is if the hypnosis has the identical numbers on both sides.
To the average layperson it’s much easier to stop at a bar for a few drinks than lighting one up. If you are going to use data for your argument be more scientific in your approach. Thus, your argument again falls short.
Prohibition
1920 – 1933, please read your history before taking a stand. Look even future back in history in ref. to alcohol issues.
The fact here is, illegal is illegal no matter how you look at it. This shouldn’t be an issue, do the crime do the time. No excuses!!!
Concerned Antioch Resident, I’m not even sure where to begin with your post, but here’s an attempt:
Whatever you are saying about this supposed “CB1” and 2 doesn’t make really any sense and can’t be backed up, simply because I have no idea what you’re saying. The cannabis plant is full of many different types of cannabanoids, which bind to human brain receptors. If this binding was not meant to be, then the chemical “key” would not fit into the “lock” of the relevant neurotransmitter. The natural analogue for this in the brain is called “anandamide” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anandamide).
In reality, cannabis has shown to actually stimulate brain cell growth and is therefore therapeutic not only for terminal illnesses but for all of mankind. Instead of being a neurotoxin–like alcohol–cannabis actually repairs the brain cells that we lose due to illness, age, etc: http://norml.org/component/zoo/category/cannabis-and-the-brain-a-user-s-guide
The fact that mankind has THC receptors is the first indicator that we have evolved alongside this plant and we therefore have a biological relationship with it, as do other animals. If it wasn’t “meant” for us then we should see a high mortality rate due to toxicity from everyone smoking it. Yet we see ZERO deaths throughout history attributed to cannabis. The Creator would had to have known this while creating the plant and then while creating our brains, right? You know, being all-knowing and all. An intelligent Creator would have the foresight, correct?
Why would a loving, intelligent creator make venomous animals and then a bunch of other animals that are deathly susceptible to the venom? Sounds like a cosmic chicken fight, and God is the sadomasochist watching it all from afar. Scorpions, rattlesnakes, black-widows, sharks, bears, you name it…all created by a benevolent designer with your best intentions in mind? Creationism is a joke and mankind’s oldest brainwashing tool.
People, please be happy that you can smoke marijuana these days and be free from prosecution. Don’t approve of illegal ( for profit) bullshit that causes our neighborhoods to be plagued with crime. If you smoke weed, then grow it for yourself and smoke away. Don’t think that you should be able to set up a grow house ( usually rental house) and destroy somebody elses neighborhood. Also, please don’t speak as though God approves of weed. Go to church if you want to spewak in Gods name.
You are correct that the illegal grow houses are the problem. There is a big difference between growing a few for yourself and packing an entire house full of plants. This makes sense and many of us would agree.
You are wrong though that God does not “approve” of cannabis (“God” doesn’t necessarily mean Yahweh, btw). If he didn’t approve then he wouldn’t have created it to begin with, and wouldn’t have created the human brain with innumerable THC receptors. If you could explain this anomaly then I’d be ready to recant. Until then, God made weed and our brains to enjoy its benefits.
Thoth:
Let’s use Colorado as a example of a state that has legalized the use of marijuana for recreational use. Since this law has went into effect arrests for DUI have skyrocketed and robberies at marijuana dispensaries have also increased.
My son is in the Army stationed in Colorado and he tells you can’t walk around town without being overwhelmed by pot smokers and the number of people he sees completely “zoned out” on the streets is ridiculous! Of course these idiots then go and get in their cars and now you have another moron operating a 4000 pound killing machine.
I have no problem with individuals using marijuana in the privacy of their home for a serious medical illness, however, it is complete stupidity for states to approve the use of pot just for the fun of it.
How many innocent people will have to suffer or die before Liberals realized their irrational policies, like this and MANY more are morally bankrupting our nation? We have already allowed the sexual perversion of same sex marriage to become law, what’s next?
Gary, with that being said, would you apply the same logic to the legalization of alcohol? It’s no doubt that alcohol results in more deaths annually than all illegal narcotics combined. It also results in higher infant deformity/mortality rates, health issues, and driving deaths than any other drug. Most DUI deaths are due to alcohol being present in the system alongside cannabis; cannabis-only vehicle accidents are but few when compared to alcohol’s overwhelming presence in society. After decades of societal experience, alcohol is the obvious culprit in all of this.
You agree that cannabis has health benefits. Alcohol has zero. Cannabis, like anything else, can be abused, but you don’t see the same schizotic behavior with cannabis smokers as you do with alcohol drinkers. The distinction is obvious, yet one drug is pushed onto us at every turn. Theres a good reason our bodies store cannabis for so long yet excrete other substances much more quickly (as so many failed drug tests can attest to). Why? Because cannabis is beneficial to us all and our bodies wish to retain it, regardless of terminal illness, especially in the defense against cancers in our environment.
Shouldn’t we then illegalize alcohol?
(P.s. Yes, I am too against these jampacked grow houses)
Yes, I would apply the same logic to alcohol. Many physicians recommend one glass of wine a day for medicinal purposes. Beer or wine with dinner or just spending time with friends is a socially acceptable lifestyle. However, when an individual who drinks or smokes marijuana simply to get high or drunk to escape the problems of daily life then you become a safety threat to yourself and everyone around you.
As we know individuals with a diagnosed medical condition are authorized to use medicinal marijuana to relieve pain, nausea or vomiting, or to help increase their appetite. In contrast, recreational pot heads use it to get high or for profit. BIG difference!
Drug-war propagandized hypocrisy at its finest.
Alcohol such as red wine has well defined medical benefits. Personally, I don’t drink but I’m totally ok with others choosing to drink, in moderation, when it doesn’t result in potential harm to others such as driving or engaging in aggressive or violent behavior while under the influence. Most people don’t drink to get drunk but the same can’t be said for pot heads who DO smoke marijuana just to get high.
Drug-war propagandized hypocrisy at its finest.
Spoken like someone who is too high ? to pay attention ?
Gary, I seriously doubt that most people who drink alcohol are doing it just for the vitamins (when compared to the numerous health benefits of cannabis, red wine is minuscule). Alcohol is much too prevalent in our society and consumed on such a mass scale that your description of it seems cartoonish.
The fact is, humans and many other animals desire to alter their consciousness. As humans we have many different ways and not all are equal, for thousands of years now. If you consider all possible substances, cannabis is one of mankind’s greatest beneficial ally. What one does to one’s own body is a true civil rights issue, as the State has no right to legislate the morality of your body. Of course when you infringe on others we have laws already in place to instill justice.
But the moral legislating of one drug over another that you peddle is outdated and will quickly fizzle out with the evolving new times. As a society we will grow to accept the fact that man is consciousness altering animal. Some men simply choose to be puritanical political tyrants.
Every stoner I know is either a total burnout slacker or somebody who just does enough in life to get by. None are successful. I’m sure there are some out there somewhere, but it’s not the norm. For every Seth Rogan there are one hundred failed “users” who can barely make ends meet and sit around mowing down bags of Doritos all day. But I’m sure you’re one of the few pot heads that made it, right Thoth/Human/Subhuman/Subspecies? Because going through life high is the key to personal and professional success and good health. What a load!
Kevin, we’ve all been awaiting your much expected atypical ad-hominem attack. We thank you for adding some much needed substance to the dialogue.
One could take the time to list off the endless amount of artists, computer software programmers, inventors, scientists, journalists, editors, general laborers, ETC, who benefit greatly from cannabis yet don’t voice their devotion to it due to the current puritanical political climate, but I predict that would be a waste. You’ve already given enough evidence that you subscribe wholeheartedly to the ideology of the status quo, so I’ll just thank you for your thoughts. Peace ✌?️?
Lol, just calling it as I see it Rev Maynard. Enjoy your Doritos.
Kevin, I know you’re still angry about me walking out of 711 without giving you any of my change after buying those chips, but we all need to pull our own weight in this world and make our own money. I know the liquor is what you really want, but I can’t give you money every time I walk out of the store with a clean conscious anymore. Sorry, man. Just please cut back on that fire water, you’re not thinking straight anymore.
Kevin, you guessed all the same stage names (throth, human, subhuman subspecies) I would have. You even brought out Rev. Maynard. Classic. You hit the nail on the head.
You guys are so cute, it’s adorable. Who would’ve thought that Gary, RJB, Kevin, and Where Did Antioch Go Wrong are all of the same humanoids 🙂
When an online community cares more about anonymous posting names rather than the points being addressed, you know you’ve stumbled upon a truly enlightened group.
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