Toxic Homes For Sale: How California’s Illegal Marijuana Industry Ruins Houses

LOS ANGELES—On a recent summer morning, a caravan of unmarked state police vehicles and white hazmat trucks crept past strip malls and wide intersections, making its way toward a pair of modest homes in a remote suburb north of Los Angeles. A command came from the officers in the front of the black-and-white: “Seat belts off—in case we start taking fire.” [epoch_component type=”photo_gallery” position=”column-left” section_title=”A map shows the location of the illegal marijuana grow site. (The Epoch Times)” width=”200″ items=”5713942,” image_stays=”false” stays_for_paragraphs=””][/epoch_component] But there was no shootout. Just a tense half hour as a phalanx of two dozen state police—agents from the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC)—kept snipers trained on the house, waiting for the second of two suspects to emerge....