ATHENS COUNTY PLACES 6TH IN POT CATEGORY
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 1:45 pm
ATHENS COUNTY PLACES 6TH IN POT CATEGORY
WRITTEN BY ATHENS NEWS STAFF
MONDAY, 31 AUGUST 2009 09:45
While Ohio University consistently places high in perennial party-school rankings, Athens County and its adjoining counties also place high in a particular “party†category.
The Columbus Dispatch reported Saturday that Athens County is sixth in the state of Ohio in the number of marijuana plants seized since 2001.
The statistics came from the Ohio Department of Criminal Identification and Investigation, which heads up marijuana eradication efforts in the state.
While the BCI listed Athens County with 12,324 plants seized since 2001, other area counties placed even higher. Meigs County, which adjoins Athens County to the south, placed first in the state with 43,229 plants seized. Gallia County, to the southwest of Meigs, was a distant second with 14,034 plants seized.
The Dispatch article focused on recent marijuana eradication efforts in Meigs County, though it also looked at BCII’s statewide marijuana eradication program, which is funded by $360,000 to $480,000 in federal funds annually.
Last year alone, according to the Dispatch, the BCI’s campaign, usually aided by local law enforcement, seized more than 40,000 plants, with 70 percent coming from counties in southeast Ohio.
Indeed, according to the BCI’s list of the top 10 counties for marijuana plant seizures since 2001, all but two are located in southeast and south-central Ohio. The other two are Ashtabula County, in far northeast Ohio, and Pickaway County, just south of Columbus.
The “top 10†counties, in order of appearance beginning with number one, are Meigs, Gallia, Scioto, Vinton, Perry, Athens, Pickaway, Jackson, Ashtabula and Pike.
WRITTEN BY ATHENS NEWS STAFF
MONDAY, 31 AUGUST 2009 09:45
While Ohio University consistently places high in perennial party-school rankings, Athens County and its adjoining counties also place high in a particular “party†category.
The Columbus Dispatch reported Saturday that Athens County is sixth in the state of Ohio in the number of marijuana plants seized since 2001.
The statistics came from the Ohio Department of Criminal Identification and Investigation, which heads up marijuana eradication efforts in the state.
While the BCI listed Athens County with 12,324 plants seized since 2001, other area counties placed even higher. Meigs County, which adjoins Athens County to the south, placed first in the state with 43,229 plants seized. Gallia County, to the southwest of Meigs, was a distant second with 14,034 plants seized.
The Dispatch article focused on recent marijuana eradication efforts in Meigs County, though it also looked at BCII’s statewide marijuana eradication program, which is funded by $360,000 to $480,000 in federal funds annually.
Last year alone, according to the Dispatch, the BCI’s campaign, usually aided by local law enforcement, seized more than 40,000 plants, with 70 percent coming from counties in southeast Ohio.
Indeed, according to the BCI’s list of the top 10 counties for marijuana plant seizures since 2001, all but two are located in southeast and south-central Ohio. The other two are Ashtabula County, in far northeast Ohio, and Pickaway County, just south of Columbus.
The “top 10†counties, in order of appearance beginning with number one, are Meigs, Gallia, Scioto, Vinton, Perry, Athens, Pickaway, Jackson, Ashtabula and Pike.