It's a Bumper Crop

After seizing nearly three tons of marijuana in less than two weeks, a U.S Border Patrol official here says this may be a sign of a successful growing season that was helped by unusually heavy summer rain fall.

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Nationally, marijuana seizures are up about 15 percent, from about 155,000 pounds to 177,500 pounds. Mario Martinez, a Border Patrol spokesman in Washington, D.C., said the El Paso Sector, which covers the two most western Texas counties and all of New Mexico, is second in the nation for marijuana seizures so far this fiscal year.

I've seen a few articles during this recent season indicating a large and successful harvest, both domestically and down south in Mexico. If that is the case, and I hope it is, I'd like to think that an increase in demand can be counted as a variable pushing the supply up, not just the growing friendly weather this fall.

Full article here.

On a semi-related local note (and by semi-related I mean that I enjoy both pot and oysters), it looks like we are in the midst of an especially good oyster season for the Chesapeake. Look for an extra abundance of oyster meals on the menus this winter. Sounds good to me. Article here.