The local paper has had stories almost every other day about pot grow houses being busted around here (Tampa/St Pete/Clearwater). Today they came out with an article with the reasons why. $5000/lb and $30k/month for an average home grower! They interviewed a former home grower to get the inside scoop. What a crazy life....
The story is here....
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/may/13/weeding-out-growing-drug-problem/news-breaking/
"He loved marijuana and found a way to stay high without ever running dry by turning a rented house in Pinellas County into an indoor pot farm.
He didn't have a job, but he got paid. Every 90 days he made more than most people earned in a year when he harvested the buds and sold the marijuana for up to $5,000 a pound.
Craig had plenty of money; he often averaged $30,000 a month in pot proceeds.
He also had a chronic paranoia of getting caught and the loneliness that comes with keeping a dark secret. He lived like a hermit.
"I had no friends. No girlfriend. I couldn't have family over. I couldn't order pizza," Craig said. The Tampa Tribune is not printing his full name because he is an informant for the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.
Craig was one of the many otherwise law-abiding citizens who read books and scour the Internet learning how to make a living, pay off debts or rake in quick cash by running a grow house, detectives said."