Cartel – Marijuana Impact Group https://themig.org Marijuana Impact Group Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:03:32 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://themig.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/logo_reduced-150x150.png Cartel – Marijuana Impact Group https://themig.org 32 32 Inside California’s Battle With the Marijuana Black Market https://themig.org/inside-californias-battle-with-the-marijuana-black-market/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:03:30 +0000 https://themig.org/?p=9177 California’s shadow cannabis industry linked to Chinese organized crime and narco-slavery.

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]]> Inside the Counterfeit Vape Supply Chain https://themig.org/inside-the-counterfeit-vape-supply-chain/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:21:30 +0000 https://themig.org/?p=9144 This report examines the rise of counterfeit THC vape products entering U.S. markets through deceptive branding, imported components, and illicit distribution networks. Learn how these products are impacting public safety, fueling criminal activity, and creating new enforcement challenges nationwide.

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]]> Inside Cartel Infiltration in California Growing Areas with Sheriff William Honsal https://themig.org/inside-cartel-infiltration-in-california-growing-areas-with-sheriff-william-honsal/ Wed, 21 Jan 2026 03:54:10 +0000 https://themig.org/?p=9129 Northern California has long been associated with illicit cannabis cultivation. Humboldt County, 3 hours south of Oregon on the California coastline, was at the center of this activity. What started off as a counterculture movement in the 1960’s and 1970’s, has evolved into massive market for illicit cannabis cultivation and trafficking in what has been dubbed as California’s  “Emerald Triangle” consisting of Humboldt, Trinity, and Mendocino counties. Many of these operations being run by transnational criminal organization and other criminal enterprises.

On this recent episode of “California Insider”, Humboldt County Sheriff Billy Honsal provides a first-hand account to the issues of illicit cannabis trafficking and associated crimes like human trafficking, labor exploitation, violent crime, and environmental damage from these grows sites in the “Emerald Triangle”.  

This is an informative and thought-provoking account into what marijuana trafficking really looks like, and the hazards it represents to public health and safety interests.  

View Time: ~30 minutes

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]]> Drug Threats in America: DEA 2020 https://themig.org/drug-threats-in-america-dea-2020/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 20:35:00 +0000 https://www.thenmi.org/?p=5998 March 2021 – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has just released their National Drug Threat Assessment of drugs in American for 2020. This unclassified publication is based in law enforcement intelligence and data from the public health sector. It provides a broad overview of the drugs (illicit and legal) in American society and their connections with substance use disorders and to criminal enterprises, both foreign and domestic. For information specific to marijuana, please refer to page 47 of the document.

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