Sheriff Explains How Pesticides Are Now in California’s Legal Weed | Jeremiah LaRue

Illegal and potentially dangerous pesticides have been found in cannabis grown in and sold out of Siskiyou County, as well as other counties in California, according to Jeremiah LaRue, the county’s sheriff.  Such pesticide-tainted pot has been sold up and down the state and in Oregon, while other states such as Maine and Oklahoma have seen the same problem, he said.  According to LaRue, his department became aware of the dangerous pesticides a couple of years ago, first by seeing Chinese-labeled containers—like foil bags—scattered around various grow sites in the county.  Ultimately, he said, one of the county’s health specialists translated a bag’s labels and discovered it listed various alarming pesticides, some of which are prohibited in the United States....