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<br /> <br /> difficult to stop them because it takes so much more manpower to <br /> <br /> meet the legal requirements of probable cause before we can get a <br /> <br /> search warrant." 14 And again in 1991: "Although we have <br /> <br /> reduced the amount of cultivated marijuana in this community, <br /> <br /> the pressure must be maintained as there is mounting evidence <br /> <br /> that indoor growing operations are on the rise."" <br /> <br /> Growers report being able to predict, after 16 years of <br /> <br /> operations, when and where Green Harvest operations take <br /> <br /> place.46 Independent confirmation of this was given to the <br /> <br /> Council by a citizen who lives downtown: "Street level dealers <br /> <br /> know when eradication begins."" Another citizen gave evidence <br /> <br /> that she was convinced that the police were involved in drug <br /> <br /> trafficking." Interviews with growers, traders, and consumers <br /> <br /> are replete with stories to this effect. 19 <br /> <br /> The increase in concentration of THC per plant is another <br /> <br /> common response to a prohibition. Once the government sets a <br /> <br /> penalty that is volume related, consumers and growers then make a <br /> <br /> rational decision to be found with less of the product. Ten <br /> <br /> ounces gives evidence of dealing while one ounce may be <br /> <br /> considered personal use. But, according to the police figures, <br /> <br /> ten ounces of 1960 marijuana could be considered equivalent to <br /> <br /> one ounce of 1996 marijuana. <br /> <br /> Also, growers make a commercial decision to produce a more <br /> <br /> concentrated product, partly for sales and partly for purpose of <br /> <br /> distribution. Thus, in prohibition, consumers did not turn to <br /> <br /> making "bathtub beer" but rather "bathtub gin." Consumers <br /> <br /> a <br /> 13 <br />