Holy Smokes!
October 17, 2007 6:26 am > MAUI TODAY |
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY - PACA LOLO: Marijuana
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY - “Where the wind blows, there the smoke falls.”
October 17, 2005: The organization Drug Science estimates that as of 2005 Marijuana (paca lolo) is the largest cash crop in Hawaii, producing nearly $3.9 billion annually, or nearly sixty times what sugar cane produces ($64 million). Of this, it is estimated (as this is illegal activity, the word estimated is emphasized) that nearly one-third ($1.3 billion) comes from the Island of Maui. This amounts to a daily take of $3.5 million.
The only state that produces more cash for this crop is California ($13.8 billion). On a national scale, marijuana is the number one cash crop in the United States, at $35 billion, beating the next largest crop — corn — which comes in at $23 billion.
