Whack-a-mole: Mexico marijuana growers learn new tricks from U.S.

More signs that the moles are getting smarter

Mexico marijuana growers learn new tricks from U.S. | Reuters: "Farmers growing marijuana in remote Mexican mountains are adopting techniques pioneered in the United States to produce more potent pot and boost profits from the cash crop that is fuelling a deadly drug war.

In the fertile mountain valleys of Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico, soldiers this year found 60 acres (24 hectares) of covered greenhouses equipped with sophisticated irrigation and fertilization systems growing seemingly endless rows of marijuana plants.

"This is new. They now have technology so the plant will grow faster; we think the techniques are coming from (the United States)," said an officer commanding a battalion ripping up 5-foot (1.5-metre) high marijuana plants growing along a river bank near the dusty town of Amata, Sinaloa." Dec. 14, 2010