Cheers to the decision by the U.S. Attorney
’s Office that charges are unlikely to be filed against a
Watsonville farmer who unwittingly grew opium poppies on a field in
San Martin.
Cheers to the decision by the U.S. Attorney’s Office that charges are unlikely to be filed against a Watsonville farmer who unwittingly grew opium poppies on a field in San Martin.
The farmer was selling the flowers as cut and dried flowers and had not cut the pods to extract the sap to make opium. We don’t need to spend scarce resources to prosecute a farmer who cooperated fully with law enforcement when the mistake was brought to his attention. The destruction of crops valued at up to $10,000 is punishment enough for an innocent mistake.
