Uploaded November 2017 | Updated September 2026, 16 hours ago

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Illegal pot growers have turned public lands into industrial agricultural sites. And the ecosystem effects are alarming.

Read full story here: discovermagazine.com/environment/marijuana-an-environmental-buzzkill

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