Leafly revisits New York City’s attempts to eradicate wild pot plants. Quoting an earlier article in NPR it says:
“Weed grew everywhere, with seven-foot high plants sprouting in fields from Williamsburg to Cobble Hill to East New York. In 1951 alone, a division of the Department of Sanitation called the ‘White Wing Squad’ confiscated and destroyed 41,000 pounds of the plant.”
