Maine now a hot spot for marijuana growing by Chinese criminal groups, officials say
Maine has become a hot spot for illegal marijuana growing, and officials say they suspect ties to Chinese organized crime. In an exclusive interview, Maine Senator Susan Collins raises concerns about potential national security issues. NBC News' Jacob Soboroff reports for our ongoing series, Captives of Cannabis.
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#Marijuana #Maine #Crime
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Until its federally legal its not gonna stop. I havent heard of Chinese moonshine stills in Appalachia yet😂
@liquid_butter
Ай бұрын
Sumdumdrunk is on the market
Legalize it. Notice how criminal groups don't make alcohol? It's because there is no "black market" for alcohol.
@paulayork6838
Ай бұрын
dont forget to tax it
@tandemtransport7702
29 күн бұрын
Yes moon shine is still being sold in the south. The really smooth moon shine.
@modestmouse2889
29 күн бұрын
legal marijuana areas have MORE CRIME NOT LESS.
@modestmouse2889
29 күн бұрын
LEGAL MARIJUANA ONLY CREATES MORE ILLEGAL MARIJUANA CRIME GOOGLE IT.
@al-bot1094
29 күн бұрын
@@modestmouse2889 go back to school.
😅93 year old Sea Hag still has a job in dc. This is the reason why this country cannot move forward.
@cobracommander.1958
28 күн бұрын
Blaming china for all the problems when the problem is old people wearing diapers are the problem😂😂😂😂😂😂
@xenostim
26 күн бұрын
GERIACRACY
Chinese sprayed on pot sounds like chemical warfare to me
@peekaboopeekaboo1165
29 күн бұрын
Fake news
@pinchebruha405
27 күн бұрын
It’s coming and it’s not fake!
@peekaboopeekaboo1165
27 күн бұрын
@@pinchebruha405 Disinformation and False flag Ops
@stiflersm0m193
27 күн бұрын
They just use the same pesticides that Scott's miracle grow so yea poison. Grow organicly, make your own soil. Many ways to grow plants without the use of non organic chemicals
@NycBeauty
27 күн бұрын
Exactly!
It’s 2024. Are we still treating marijuana like it’s taboo and criminal? We are in the twilight zone.
@Melior_Traiano
Ай бұрын
I get that you enjoy smoking it and all, but many people don't look forward to inhaling your disgusting weed fumes.
@Darrinbewitched
Ай бұрын
@@Melior_Traianoexactly
@AlexR_44
Ай бұрын
@@Melior_Traiano so don't😂 I highly doubt people are running up to you blowing it directly in your face.
@Melior_Traiano
Ай бұрын
@@AlexR_44 They are smoking it in parks, next to playgrounds and in the inner city's pedestrian zones... pretty hard to not inhale it.
@AlexR_44
Ай бұрын
@@Melior_Traiano no, it isn't hard not to inhale it. You may smell a little from a distance, but I assure you, it's not affecting you other than your delicate sensibilities. I've been in towns where people smoke openly on the street, it's VERY easy to avoid them. It's also not cool in children's playgrounds, so if you see that, go ahead and report it, they should know better, or are likely under-age and just punk kids doing punk kid things.
Legalize it and you put them out of business 😊
@coldervoidhd877
Ай бұрын
weed is legal to grow in Maine, just these are not legal grow houses
@richstex4736
Ай бұрын
@@coldervoidhd877 It's not legal everywhere. That's the market.
@alexanderwilson1246
Ай бұрын
they grow here and deport grows
@MalikShaunte
Ай бұрын
yeah thats it... smh..
@al-bot1094
Ай бұрын
@@MalikShaunteyeah, that IS it. Look into the repeal of "Prohibition". Criminal groups and cartels don't make alcohol, because alcohol is legal everywhere, and there isn't much of a "black market" for it.
Close the borders
@akita96th
23 күн бұрын
Thats the MAGAT in ya talking. I bet you wear one of them red made in china MAGA hats?
We continue to tolerate foreign infiltration, disrespect and exploitation...
@beforeyourimmigrants8471
28 күн бұрын
Man you all love them.
@beforeyourimmigrants8471
28 күн бұрын
Stop calling it a hate crime when they are
@sunset2228
27 күн бұрын
You hate foreign competition, even a lot of tech companies are full of Indians
@jody-ne7xs
27 күн бұрын
Canada has chinesse police stations. Sure some in usa as well.
@LorddVader
26 күн бұрын
Do they make money when the cops keep busting them?
Whos buying it?🤔
@MarkJohnson-us4sh
Ай бұрын
Yeah, it's easy to blame the people putting in the work! Funny how it always falls on the worker
@rileylabski
Ай бұрын
Crazy thing is these cartels will grow it here and then ship it to other markets outside of the US. Change Agents on YT has a lot of good interviews about this
@chasedownblocks1736
Ай бұрын
Teenagers, young adults and people who like to live the high life
@michaelmoreno4133
Ай бұрын
Black market is still alive and will always be oooooowwii lol
@tubeguy4066
28 күн бұрын
Addicted pot heads
This has been going on since the late 90’s it’s nothing new 🤦🏻
@frankmahoney1268
26 күн бұрын
Since the 70ties in the Caribbean,,,.
....and somehow the Chinese and Mexican Cartels never get busted or bothered.
Human trafficking network too.
General Tso's Kush
@TheApatheticGuy
Ай бұрын
Underrated comment
@chasedownblocks1736
Ай бұрын
Kung Pao Maui Wowie Kush
@lesb5573
26 күн бұрын
Dragon 🐉 piff
Pot needs to be come federally legalized yesterday 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🇺🇸🇺🇸
It's easier to point fingers to your enemy then yourself.
Looks like they're turning the 'Pine Tree State' into the 'High Tree State'! Who knew Maine would become so popular with green thumbs from across the Pacific? 😅
It’s almost like we shouldn’t be letting in people from other countries that keep hurting American citizen communities.
Even in cali the asians run alot of the fields doesn't suprise me its a giant thing
@Lupo32
29 күн бұрын
Especially in northern California
@carbonsnail014
28 күн бұрын
In the next few years, Asians are about to kick the Mexican cartel's butts in a new US drug war.
@dookiehead187
28 күн бұрын
Shhhhh
@cbxsounds135
27 күн бұрын
Fentanyl spiked
I worked in the largest hydroponic store in the United States and trust me if they shut down 40 of them a week ago there’s 60 going up by tomorrow morning
How was this even even possible in the US?. this is how you know the government itself is slacking
@citizencoy4393
28 күн бұрын
China owns America
@tyreekjones5668
27 күн бұрын
Exactly
That old lady Mayor needs to retire. All the old people in government need to go.
If someones power bill goes from $100 to $1000 my guess is the new resident doesn't have the AC on in the summer
Sounds like the FBI director doesn't want anyone to have common sense...
"NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER!"
Californians and people from Denver are ready to move to Maine for this
I bet his shirt is made in china 😂
All non black groups in the US are allowed to operate criminal organizations without impunity
@tyreekjones5668
27 күн бұрын
Exactly
@coyotedust
26 күн бұрын
All non-white groups you mean. Especially if they're foreign illegals.
@vatorman
25 күн бұрын
Maybe blacks shouldn’t show their crimes on instagram
Weed all good until you need to trim it.
@chasedownblocks1736
Ай бұрын
That’s what she said
What is the DEA doing?
@ronnieitaquab1008
Ай бұрын
Looking for Americans that do that instead
@Xavier-uknonada
Ай бұрын
They're concentrating on Mexicans
@Devilishlybenevolent
Ай бұрын
@@ronnieitaquab1008 Nah, they're at the donut shops with cops, both group is just letting crime go rampant and then telling us "WE NEED MORE MONEY!!!!!"
Ridiculous
“Suspected ties to Chinese organized crime” or its just local Mainers filling in the gaps of our recreationally legal cannabis law.
@tarikviaer-mcclymont5762
28 күн бұрын
U are naive
@TheSakufighter
28 күн бұрын
The government over taxes everything. They’re a gang of bureaucratic tyrants.
Funny thing is if it wasn’t illegal and the Americans actually had the right to grow their own than the Chinese would be out of business
@IamLEGENDkb24
28 күн бұрын
lol
Grow in legal states ship it to illegal states. Its just business. its only a crime when the state gets no money from it.
It's all about money nothing more the mighty dollar
LIFE IS ABOUT GROWING AND BEING PRODUCTIVE.
1 Pound of Vegetables or 1 Pound of Weed $1 or $1,000
@danielmartin7838
26 күн бұрын
Growing weed cost a lot of money and is time intensive.
Well delta 8 should cut sales down at least. Keeping d7 illegal makes the dealer richer. Duh.
See what you did, #StateAndFederalOfficials? You took a purely homegrown industry and handed it over to a #ForeignState government. WTG. 🤨 #LEGALISE!
Ok, so take it from them and give it to American growers
When people get caught, they just blame the Chinese. 😂
@W.J.M.
28 күн бұрын
tell us you don't know what the issue is without telling us. (hint: it's about a foreign government owning American land and using it to grow weed that they profit from immensely) It isn't about weed, you ignoramus.
@ferdinandm9504
25 күн бұрын
Of course Chinese they are a trouble making
Thanks a lot ozark !
Just legalize it. Geez
Grow all you want. I won't convict anyone of simple possession of marijuana.
@Darrinbewitched
Ай бұрын
Low IQ activity
@W.J.M.
28 күн бұрын
it's about the Chinese Gov't funding these grows and owning land here. both are illegal for a foreign gov't to do. pay attention. they are exploiting us for financial gain. it's not about if weed is legal or not, bc they aren't doing this in states where it is illegal. again, pay attention.
@omi_god
28 күн бұрын
400 plants?
@PistonHonda87
22 күн бұрын
You won’t convict foreigner groups lacing marijuna with fentanyl?
@omi_god
22 күн бұрын
@@PistonHonda87 Who laces pot with fentanyl? That makes no sense.
If you legalize it nationally, then there is no crime. Then there’s no reason to do this. It’s that simple.
Surprised?!?! NOT.
The pot calling the kettle black. Does anyone remember the Iran-Contra affair??? 😵💫
@wadestanton
29 күн бұрын
They don't even remember VPOTUS Burr was never prosecuted for murdering his political opponent.
Why can't citizens grow weed ?
Our country needs some maintenance.
BS , it's everywhere. It grows like weeds,
Stop it. If any of them get attacked out in California or New York City you're on here whining about hate crimes.
End out of state home ownership, and you can end the Chinese grow problem as well as maybe we can get back to mainers being able to afford homes again
@tonyfanfarone
26 күн бұрын
Well said.
I don’t like how popular marijuana has become Bac in the 90”s bud wasn’t this popular. 2024 everybody and there grandmother smokes.🤔
@citizencoy4393
28 күн бұрын
No many ppl still do not! I look around and see ppl moving like zombies. It’s scary. I will not!
If they made it legal there wouldn't be a problem. They make too much money off it being illegal.
70 year old drug wars
Vote accordingly!!!!
Chinese must have grown the best marijuana 😮😮😮
Ditch weed no doubt.
Same thing in Canada.
This is why people dying of fentanyl!!!!!
Probably happening in Australia as well
Note the altar in the final scene, which shows the growers are praying for the success of their operation.
@omi_god
28 күн бұрын
That isn't how Buddhism works.
Lol if it was just federally legal then a lot of that would stop in that state.
And there’s nothing America can do about it…. C’mon
Uhm hello they’re all over Mt.Shasta sooooo blatantly obvious. It’s ridiculous
@danielmartin7838
26 күн бұрын
The cartels in California are diverting water for crops when they’re not outright dumping poison into it. This is chinas unrestricted warfare, same with fentanyl
Fake news
It’s that Wuhan stain
China Should Grow there Own marijuana at country
@mistervo8185
Ай бұрын
It's a death sentence there for drug growers
@daltonoftheyear
Ай бұрын
china is a communist country.
@tonyfanfarone
26 күн бұрын
They are doing fine with fentanyl. They are doing what the queen of England did to them with opium. Ironic isn’t it? They learned well, the west did not. It’s on us.
Was there ever any crime in Maine 🤔
@danielmartin7838
26 күн бұрын
Steven King made sure there was in our imaginations
Crazy
Blaming the niqwas, the browns, and now the Simpson people...merika will keep a bad guy for the new generations to come
Legal or not weed will flow. Here weed has been everywhere for ever, legal a long time. All legal weed changes is that contraband weed gets better and cheaper
NAVY/MARINES YOU'RE UP GUYYYY TALK TO EACH OTHER KEEP IN TOUCH YOU TOO SOUTH
Since we must blame outside sources...i pick Tik Tok
Nonsense
She is right
Huh is it not legal there, ive got plant's growing on my balcony,, i guess im not going to that state,
@mason96575
24 күн бұрын
They’re just growing in Maine. They’re selling in places where it is illegal, such as Brooklyn.
What is wrong with the senator ? She think this is tie to cccp .what has the us politicians become
@omi_god
28 күн бұрын
That isn't what she said.
Bubba Kush is back baby 😂😂😂
America is so behind the times. Canada legalized marijuana a few years ago. Each citizen of age is also allowed to grow four plants for personal use. The industry is well maintained and regulated.
@danielmartin7838
26 күн бұрын
Behind the times?! No, Canada has become quite a messed up place because of Chinese influence and guys like Trudeau
Maybe a border problem?????
LET ONLY ALL MEXICANS INTO USA N WE THE MEXICANS WILL TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM AMIGOS. NOW U ASK ME HOW?… WELL US MEXICANS ARE THE BEST AT GROWING MARIJUANA WE EASILY TAKE OUT THE CHINESE OUT OF BUSINESS. THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT US MEXICANS ARE NOT ENEMIES OF THE USA AND THE CHINESE ARE….
Every1 grows pot lol not just Chinese people and i find this offensive...cannabis should be legal everywhere
If it ain’t 1 thing it’s the next. Sounds like a government problem.
Lol those pesky chinese moved in in hippy turf.
NSA and the military should declare marshal law and take over the White House. What a mess!!!
@citizencoy4393
28 күн бұрын
Something needs to be done! Everyone pretends not to see the not so invisible war
Cheap weed wins
Are you going to make a story about marijuana grown by other ethnic, religious, or race groups? Especially the "protected" ones? Something tells me no.
Oooohhh, now it's the Chinese? Hmmmmmm, I wonder how they got here.
@omi_god
28 күн бұрын
Most often on commercial aircraft.
Maine needs to grow up. Quit being silly. Get over yourselves Maine Canada.
L E G A L I Z E .
Alwaýs blaming foreigners for their problems😂😂😂😂😂😂
You let them in here..probably collecting government benefits while growing the weed
come one come all, open the borders!
@omi_god
28 күн бұрын
Our border are no more open today than they were 5 years ago.
@danielmartin7838
26 күн бұрын
Tens of millions of people have crossed on their own two legs, this administration has personally flown in 400,000.
@omi_god
26 күн бұрын
@@danielmartin7838 Have you counted them? Where are you getting those numbers?
@PistonHonda87
22 күн бұрын
@@omi_godyou are either lying or you are stupid.
@PistonHonda87
22 күн бұрын
@@omi_godyou can literally google the numbers right from the government. www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-border-encounters More people have crossed the border each year and each month than at any other time in the history of the US-Mexican border. Fact, not an opinion.
Us gov gave Chinese the construction sector guietly and openly hahaha
Mandatory minimums for simple possession are needed.
It's not just China probing the USA🤨🤬
@user-li7lh6wc9u
Ай бұрын
its the taco beans
Maybe it’s him.
Build a wall, maybe?
The government wont do a damned thing ......why is this news😂😂😂😂?
Sad to read this, I always felt Maine was so remote and safe from the drug nonsense happening in lower states. Now no where in USA is safe from this trash. Thanks President Parkinson for open borders
@Basement811
28 күн бұрын
It’s just weed old timer