MEDFORD, Ore. — The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office
will use state grant money to go after black-market marijuana producers and
legal growers who harvest more than their license allows.
The nearly-$600,000 grant from a new program will
pay for three detectives, one crime analyst and a part-time prosecutor, The
Mail Tribune reported Friday. That’s in addition to another three-year federal
grant of $250,000 that pays for two additional deputies tasked with pot
enforcement.
Jackson County is in a prime climate for
outdoor marijuana cultivation and struggles with illicit grows.
State lawmakers created the grant program this year to help pot-friendly parts of the state address those problems.
