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California’s growing marijuana business impacting agriculture

75 percent of the marijuana sold in the U.S. is grown in California — not Mexico. California's marijuana plantations are operated by Mexican drug cartels. Marijuana growing is flourishing in California’s rich agricultural valleys. This has been precipitated by California’s new medical marijuana laws. There are approximately 71,000 acres of marijuana under cultivation each year in California.

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