"Don't get me wrong, I love when those guys [state law enforcement officers] show up to help," he said, "but I would need 50 police officers for 50 days to even begin putting a dent in it."
"If we examine the statistics, it is clear that these operations are not effectively or aggressively putting a dent into the illegal market," said Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue.
For example, operations by the state Department of Justice's Eradication and Prevention of Illicit Cannabis program, or EPIC, have seized about 77,000 cannabis plants in 36 counties this year.
Yet, Siskiyou County alone produces an estimated 12 million to 16 million illegal plants per year. Therefore, if EPIC only focused on Siskiyou for a year, it would eradicate just 6% of the estimated local black market, he said.
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