On AlterNet: cultivation

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Colombian Congress Debates New Bill That Decriminalizes Cocaine and Marijuana Cultivation

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. March 31, 2012.

The United States have spent billions on coca plant busts; if passed, the bill would eliminate the threat of prison for illicit crop production in Colombia.

How Can We Stop Drug Gangs From Growing Pot in the Woods? Legalize Pot

Scott Morgan, Drug War Chronicle. March 9, 2010.

The media complain about the explosion of illegal outdoor cultivation in our national parks, but have zero diagnosis about why it's happening.

Tending 'the Grow': Marijuana at a Crossroads

Michael Polson, In These Times. January 28, 2010.

Free-market libertarians and social justice progressives have made common cause on decriminalization, but what happens after that is an open question.

Sgt. Northcutt's Post-Iraq Nightmare: Getting Arrested for Growing Pot

Fred Gardner, O'Shaughnessy's . September 1, 2009.

Phillip Northcutt started legally cultivating medical marijuana to deal with PTSD from fighting in the Iraq. It wasn't long before the police and the courts caught up with him.

Three Ways Maryland May Legalize Medical Pot

Kristen Gwynne, December 31, 1969.