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Article: Suddenly Righteous Dudes; Mendocino County, Famously Laid Back, Reconsiders Its Stance on Marijuana
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- The Washington Post
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- July 27, 2009
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The steel-haired old hippies who grow the finest marijuana in the
world began taking over Mendocino County four decades ago.
"Going back to the '60s, early '70s in Mendocino County, land was
cheap," said Tony Craver, twice elected sheriff, now retired.
"Thirty-five hundred square miles, only three population centers,
very little law enforcement. . . . The hippies, if you will, moved
in and started growing pot. The hippies became the establishment."
Democratic government serves at the consent of the governed; in
this jurisdiction, enforcement of marijuana laws would be lax at
best. A "grow" became an accepted component of the homesteads
established by the back-to-the-land transplants who ...