The ethics/morals of guerilla growing

[jsn9333]

I have found two places to grow my pot this year. One is off some power lines on land without any no tresspassing signs or anything like that. Chances of the plants being seen and stolen or eradicated are small, but there is a small chance. The other place is a county "wildlife conservation area" with no tresspassing signs all over the place. Its basically just a big drainage area that no one can ever build on because it feeds a local lake and park with fresh water. I have to use waders and a *ton* of insect repellent to even get back in the area, and I'd say chances are basically none that anyone would ever go back there looking and even if they did, it would be very hard to find my plants. The grass is tall as hell, and it is a swamp... tics, poison ivy, thorn bushes, and mosquitos are everywhere.

So my question is... should I forget about the conservation area b/c that is breaking another law (tresspassing) even though it is the better guerilla grow location? I'm thinking just because I'm breaking the law by growing doesn't necessarily mean I should think it is okay to break the law by tresspassing too... you know? I also think that because the signs are everywhere in the conservation area, if I did get caught they might come down on me extra hard.

I understand even power lines is technically tresspassing... but there are no signs and people ride dirtbikes and four wheelers all the time on these power lines. The conservation area is posted like ever 50 feet all around its perimeter. What are your thoughts?

[MrMojoRisin7127]

Another problem you could have with power lines is that people that work for the power lines could find the plants.
I don't know about the conservation area either because I would think park rangers and such would be going through the area sometimes.

[stinkyattic]

This is a great question!

The way I look at it is that a guerrilla grower takes certain personal risks, and one of them is trespassing. It should be avoided but crossing posted land doesn't hurt anyone else.
Your moral responsibility is to not put OTHERS at risk from your growing activites.
So if you want to grow on land that you don't own, you have a few choices:
-Land owned by another individual- Don't do it; if the grow is found, they will get in trouble or at least hassled.
-Land owned by a large entity such as the power company or railroad- This is fine because there is no one to take the fall for a grow; it happens all the time and it's pretty darn obvious that say Northeast Utilites is not out there cashcropping on their own land, lol!
-Land owned by the town or other government- Again, this does not put any one person at risk. Be careful not to interfere with others' ability to enjoy conservation land.

Also don't forget to be good to the environment while you are at it! Helps maintain our happy hippie earthy crunchy image... :D

[sharingscaring]

Make sure its a county conservation area not fed "dept of the interior", i got busted with an open container and they put me and my vehicle thru the ringer 2 1/2 hours of bs. I blew .03, you would have thaught they would have cited and went on their merry way, but no the tore apart my tahoe head to toe.

[PlantBoxer]

I know this isnt much help, but you have described exactly why 6 years ago, I gave completely up on outdoor growing!! Year after year, planting way more than I ever needed, so I could get some!!!

Now that I've shunned the sun, I'd never consider growing outdoors again!! Look at all the eyes you reduce: bug eyes, human eyes, animal eyes, and those freaking eyes in the sky, small aircraft.

I think indoor can be far superior to outdoor, just more money to grow!!

[RonnieRay]

Go ahead and plant them in the spot you think is the best. Actually, you are tresspassing in either case anyway. Just cause its posted or not posted does not make it more or less tresspassing. No matter where you plant, if it's not your land you are tresspassing. I look at it this way - If all your doing is digging a few small holes and planting a few weeds you are not causing any harm or doing anything morally wrong. I own land that is also posted with no tresspassing signs. The reason it's posted, is to deter tresspassers who would vandalize the property or leave garbage all over. I don't really care if someone walks over my land and does not destroy anything or leave any garbage. Just be carefull not to damage anything or leave trash around.

If tresspassing for the purpose of putting out a few weed plants is the worst thing you ever do in life, you will stilll be an honerable, decent, upstanding human being. No reason to doubt yourself.

[RonnieRay]

Also, on the subject - I see people say that if you plant on sombody elses private land and the crop is found that the land owner will then be prosicuted. That is just plain not true. The owner of the land will not be prosicuted unless they are caught in the act of tending or harvesting the plants. Not to mention the fact that 99.9% of the time that the leo find a small grow, all they do is pull it anyway.

[stinkyattic]

Prosecuted, rarely.
Hassled? Certainly. I for one don't need to be answering questions to LEO becasue he found someone elses' crop on my land... blech.

[Bong ripper420]

i have about 5 acres of woods in my back yard i never see people in there and i think i might grow there. what do u think of that ive never grew