According to federal statistics, the Golden State’s illegally grown marijuana is increasingly being found indoors as opposed to the outdoors.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said that last year authorities had seized 313,000 plants from indoor operations in California. This made up 75% of all the indoor plants taken in the nation.
This is also the highest total in the last eight years for California seizures at 8%.
Although Californians voted last year to approve legalization of recreational marijuana, it is still illegal until next year.
A report by the DEA last November cited that marijuana is increasingly being grown inside instead of outdoors because “indoor production is more difficult for law enforcement to discover and has the advantage of not having to rely on climate conditions or growing seasons.”
