Google Caught On Private Property

nathan halverson writes "Google recently launched Street View coverage in Sonoma and Mendocino counties — big pot growing counties. And while they hardly covered the area's biggest city, Santa Rosa, they canvassed many of the rural areas known for growing pot. I found at least one instance where they drove well onto private property, past a gate and no trespassing sign, and took photographs. I didn't spend a whole lot of time looking, but someone is likely to find some pot plants captured on Street View. That could cause big problems for residents. Because while growing a substantial amount of pot is legal in Mendocino and Sonoma County under state law, it's highly illegal under federal law and would be grounds for a federal raid."

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[DaveV1.0]

People who are busy breaking the law might get in trouble because of Google Streetview.

Here is an interesting idea: Don't break the fucking law.

Re:Don't snitch..

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't care who you are. You're wrong. And come off it with the paper crap. It's illegal because it's abused and makes people retarded and psychotic much like other drugs that are abused and illegal. Those driving studies are flawed anyway. The participants were all experienced pot-heads, the adverse reactors were excluded, and it was on a restricted area due to "safety reasons". Why restrict driving for safety reasons and exclude normal people if it's so safe?

Even the Erowid Experience Vault has people describing adverse experiences where people started driving backwards and wacky.

I don't want more pot-heads on my streets either.

http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=611847&cid=24170595

Re:Breaking the Law

[DaveV1.0]

Oh, so you are growing pot on your property. I will be sure to let your local DEA agents know.

flashback inducer

[Anonymous Coward]

1. Acute panic reaction.

The acute panic reactions associated with cannabis are similar to those previously reported to be caused by hallucinogens. ...

Depersonalization may be more long-lasting and recurrent, somewhat akin to "flashbacks" reported following hallucinogens;

These unpleasant experiences were not always associated with unfamiliarity with the drug; some subjects experienced these adverse reactions after repeated use

Very high doses of cannabis may evoke a toxic delirium...

3. Acute paranoid states.
In a laboratory setting, they are frequently encountered. .. ...but has been reported fairly often with cannabis use. ...experience indicates that it occurs in those whose sole drug use is cannabis...

4. Psychoses.

A variety of psychotic reactions have been ascribed to cannabis use. Many are difficult to fit into the usual diagnostic classifications. Two cases of manic reaction were reported in children who were repeatedly exposed to cannabis by elders. Both required treatment with antipsychotic drugs but ultimately showed a full recovery (16). Hypomania, with persecutory delusions, auditory hallucinations, withdrawal, and thought disorder, was observed in four jamaican subjects who had increased their use of marijuana (71). Twenty psychotic patients admitted to a mental hospital with high urinary cannabinoid levels were compared with 20 such patients with no evidence of exposure to cannabis. The former group was more agitated and hypomanic but showed less affective flattening, auditory hallucinations, incoherence of speech, and hysteria than the 20 matched control patients. The cannabis patients improved considerably after a week, while the control patients were essentially unchanged (146). Thus, a self-limiting hypomanic-schizophrenic-like psychoses following marijuana has been documented.

http://www.druglibrary.org/SCHAFFER/hemp/medical/hollis1.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HPPD#What_causes_HPPD.3F

http://www.erowid.org/experiences/subs/exp_Cannabis.shtml

There's evidence, you just have to seek it.

Re:Small Detail: Growing is Still a State Crime

[Anonymous Coward]

If you decide that drug-law is a states rights issue you allow Utah to make sale or possession of condoms a crime.

Re:Don't snitch..

[KingBenny]

yes , proper punctuation is ofcourse more important than the message as we all know, go fix yourself