Lawmakers Push for Higher Penalties For Illegally Grown Pot

[04-15-14]

State lawmakers were successful in getting higher penalties for those who grow marijuana illegally.

Congressman Mike Thompson and Jared Huffman are just a few of the lawmakers who are happy with the U.S. Sentencing Commission for raising the penalties for those who illegally grow pot that effects the environment and property. Thompson says it's the high-level offenders that threaten lives, and destroy wildlife and public lands.

The amended guidelines for higher penalties will be sent to Congress and reviewed for six months and will officially take effect November first. 

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Auburn Mobile Home Fire Reveals Drug Lab

KFBK - A secret drug lab was discovered in Auburn after a fire sent a mobile home up in flames.

Six people are under arrest for their involvment in a drug lab that resulted in a mobile home fire last week. Placer County Sheriff's detectives were called to the scene last Friday after fire officials found evidence of a drug lab inside the double-wide mobile home.

Detectives found material inside used to extract THC from marijuna that produces globs of hash oil. The suspects are charged with manufacturing a controlled substance, maintaining a drug house, and child endangerment, because there were kids inside the mobile home during the fire.

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