The Marijuana Belt: Part 1

Published: Aug. 27, 2009, 4 a.m.

Last year, Kentucky law enforcement seized 4.4 billion dollars' worth of marijuana. That puts the Commonwealth third, behind Tennessee and California, in annual cannabis production. The summer months are the busiest time for officers hunting growers, with western Kentucky teams seizing millions of dollars' worth of plants. In the first in a two part series, Angela Hatton explores pot suppression in what some call, "The Marijuana Belt."