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100 _aWood, Daniel B.,
245 0 _aWild West: Drug Cartels Thrive in US National Parks.
_cDaniel B. Wood.
260 _bChristian Science Monitor,
_c2003.
440 _aSIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
_nArticle 74,
_pHealth,
_x1522-323X;
500 _aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
500 _aOriginally Published: Wild West: Drug Cartels Thrive in US National Parks, June 10, 2003; pp. 1+.
520 _a"Beside an abandoned camp scattered with trash and human waste, lie empty bags of fertilizer, gardening tools, irrigation tubing--and spent rifle casings. Illegal marijuana farming, once the province of small-time growers, has become big business on the nation's most visited public lands: national parks." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article examines illegal marijuana cultivation in U.S. national parks, noting that it is considered to be the "biggest threat to national parks since their creation over a century ago."
599 _aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650 _aCartels
650 _aDrug traffic
650 _aDrugs of abuse
650 _aMarijuana
650 _aMarijuana industry
650 _aNarcotics
_xControl of
650 _aNational parks and reserves
651 _aSequoia National Park (Calif.)
710 _aProQuest Information and Learning Company
_tSIRS Enduring Issues 2004,
_pHealth.
_x1522-323X;
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