Inside a Secret Weed Farm Hidden in Plain Sight | High Society
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Publicado 2020-11-30
Most smokers have no idea where their buds come from, but the higher demand and continued criminalisation of weed in the UK has engendered a black-market supply chain of human deprivation: ‘Cannabis slaves’, often trafficked from Vietnam, are forced to tend to massive grows worth millions in street value – completely against their will.
For spliff connoisseurs who have been smoking their whole adult lives and hold down regular jobs and have families, picking up poor-quality hydroponic weed from dodgy dealers in blacked out cars or down dark alleyways has become less and less desirable. Guerrilla growers are an online community of cannabis cultivators in the UK who harvest their weed plants in the wild, hiding in plain sight sometimes on the side of motorways.
Growing certain strains of cannabis that can withstand the British climate, many have been supplying themselves and their friends with hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of organic weed for almost a decade. It’s all grown outside in the sun, bypassing dealers and without being traced by the police.
Our drugs editor, Max Daly, linked us up with two guerrilla growers who were about to retire from the cultivation game, just as they were harvesting their last ever crop.
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0:40 What are Guerrilla Growers?
1:33 Weed Crop
5:45 Risk of Getting Caught
6:45 Scouting Locations
7:15 Rippers
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Todos los comentarios (21)
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Well there goes that spot....
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I'm guessing they've harvested and left that plot now cause all those drones shots gave it away easily
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3:17 seems like a glamorous lifestyle, making an English fry up whilst sitting amongst your weed farm 😂
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Last ten seconds are so true. If the law changes we all can grow in our own garden with out problems. If nature is illegal, freedom doesn't exist! Greets from Holland
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breaking news!!!! people growing weed and not bothering anybody
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For me these guys arent even criminals bro they are doing what needs to be done
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Psychedelics saved me from years of uncontrollable depression, anxiety, and illicit pills addiction. Imagine carving heavy chains for over a decade and then all of a sudden that burden is gone. Believe it or not, in a couple of years they'll be all over for treatment of mental health related issues.
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These guys are just straight up heroes. Big respect. Keep up the good work.
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"The fact that it's illegal means they're giving that entire industry to criminals." ....Damn. Well said.
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These dudes are actually pretty good growers. Props
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Keeps you out of trouble, great hobby grew it in 1989 in my mums back garden in Luton, only 1 plant, 4oz
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I'm amazed how big they get considering the UK weather.
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Police discovered the site. Officer Dibble said after the arrest "I was drawn in by the overpowering smell of sausages and bacon"...
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This is the vice we want
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You all are awesome!! What a peaceful video to those of us who really understand the medical aspect of Cannabis. It has kept people alive and these guys are saving lives everyday. THANK YOU!!!! You are doing a good thing for this world!! Not Gorillas at all, just some peaceful folks that love to smoke, eat Cheetos and have BBQ's lol!!
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They're so nice. They even cooked food and fed her.
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With as many aerial shots as they gave they might as well have given them their f**** address
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Its always so wild to see people concealing their identities because they are scared of what will happen to them for growing a plant
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Really like these guys, they've got a great attitude to weed growing. Doing it for quality and their pleasure instead of purely for profit. The cannabis laws in Britain are just plain stupid, as are the laws concerning any drugs here. I don't use THC anymore, just CBD, but I'd happily do this if I was using weed regularly.
