Additional Actions Taken to Control Marijuana Cultivation and Other Crimes on Federal Lands

摘要

In a 1982 report, GAO discussed marijuana cultivation and other illegal and unauthorized activities on federal lands. At the request of the Chairman, House Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Parks, GAO updated its previous work. GAO found that marijuana growers have threatened and harassed federal employees and land users and/or caused resource damage, primarily in California and Oregon. GAO also found that increased cooperative law enforcement efforts have resulted in the destruction of more marijuana. GAO believes that the agencies' law enforcement efforts to control marijuana cultivation and to foster mutual aid and cooperation with other law enforcement entities are responsive to its previous recommendations that the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior (1) give increased emphasis to using their law enforcement powers and, where necessary, revise existing regulations and (2) increase their level of law enforcement activities.