tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post8767769378551387124..comments2024-03-28T09:22:36.967+13:00Comments on Offsetting Behaviour: Deterrent?Eric Cramptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-67833695037907888652012-06-14T16:53:53.838+12:002012-06-14T16:53:53.838+12:00Quite true above about concealment, growers of tob...Quite true above about concealment, growers of tobacco were worried from the start,they had a conference, and think now it just better to switch smokers over to dope, the transfer of addiction means quantity levels of medium quality dope required, growing several plants at a time is easy to conceal.<br />Biggest difficulty is owning the land, and proving you don't know nothing, some farmers can be absentpeterquixotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873112816453062068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-75473789728875836012012-06-13T10:40:23.746+12:002012-06-13T10:40:23.746+12:00Fines don't need to be high if probability of ...Fines don't need to be high if probability of detection is high. Revenue per kg will go up with excise, but nowhere near revenue per kg you'd get from marijuana. <br /><br />Thanks!Eric Cramptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-57837203992989096322012-06-13T10:02:27.729+12:002012-06-13T10:02:27.729+12:00On difficulty of concealment:
They are big plants,...On difficulty of concealment:<br />They are big plants, and the revenue per kg isn't all that high, so you'd have to cultivate a reasonable area to make some money. What they found was about 2 ha of tobacco (using Virginia data - http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/436/436-048/PDF_1-4BudgetingInfo.pdf). Plus, in tobacco-growing areas we could always smell it curing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com