[archi42]

According to the article some hippies are doing this. Maybe they have more regards for nature than the guys in the "main story", but it isn't really clarified.

Could well be those poison the environment with organic poison or fertilizer.

[gregd]

I grew up in the heart of the Emerald Triangle. I can assure you that no 'hippy' is doing this. Their relationship with this plant is far different than everyone else's.

[hutzlibu]

No hippie I know, would ever use any poison on the sacred plants that are supposed to make them high.

[bluntfang]

A couple rounds of flowering plants indoors in a 4 plant tent will yield you cheaper weed and probably enough to last the casual smoker years.

[GhettoMaestro]

Check out "Murder Mountain" on Netflix. It opened my eyes to what the typical covert pot-grower in Humboldt County most likely is.