NPR and Humboldt:The Environmental Cost of Growing Pot

Newt of a Giant Salamander under diesel scum NPR has been doing a series on Marijuana.  Yesterday’s piece was about the environmental costs of growing the plant.  Here is a transcript or follow the link to listen. Recently I returned to Hacker Creek and still (2 years and $200,000 later) was able to smell diesel over a hundred yards from

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To My Mother on Her Birthday: How Your Lilies Pulled Me Under

Spilling over the hillside Splashing against the asphalt Bright white foam dripping over leafy waves. Scores of lilies rush against the road. Tumbling in the wind, wet from rain, scooping up the sun, tossing light across the glass–dragging me, a reluctant swimmer, from my car into their sea. Drenching me Refreshing me Until revived I pull myself to shore. Behind

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