Gone to Pot (EP24)
Résumé de l'épisode 24
(10/21/2013) According to government data, more teenagers are smoking marijuana
today than cigarettes. And, while other illegal drug use is
declining, marijuana is on the increase -- and consequently, so is
demand. In California, illegal marijuana farms are springing up by
the thousands deep in the back woods and far from prying eyes. These
are not small backyard grows but major plantations of pot run by
organized crime.
So much illegal marijuana is being grown in California that it’s
devastating the local environment. In a state plagued by drought,
marijuana farms are using up desperately needed water. And let's not
forget the fertilizers, pesticides and rodenticides, many of them
banned in the U.S. years ago, that are being used by many of the
illegal growers -- these chemicals are winding up in California's soil
and water -- not to mention the pot itself.
Also, a look at the state of journalism and technology with literary
giant Gay Talese.