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• Tuesday, September 23, 2008 07:07 AM

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  It may be surprising to some that the heart of Alaska's drug problem is Wasilla which is located in the infamous Matanuska-Susitna Valley. Over 30 years ago, I first heard of the incredibly potent Matanuska ThunderFuck strain of high mountain pot. Using imported, high quality seeds planted in the short growing season, the verrrry lonnnng days produce an amazingly strong breed of "home-grown."

  So when I recently learned that Wasilla was located there, I Googled "Mat-Su Valley + Pot" and got this:

  Public Safety > Division of Alaska State Troopers > Alaska Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Enforcment > Mat-Su Drug Enforcement Team

  Mat-Su Drug Enforcement Team

  The Mat-Su Drug Enforcement Team focuses on drug investigations within the Matanuska-Susitna region to include Palmer, Wasilla, Talkeetna, Glennallen, Valdez, and Cordova. The team is comprised of one AST sergeant, two AST investigators, one officer from the Palmer Police Department, one officer from the Wasilla Police Department, an AST Criminal Justice Technician and one soldier from National Guard Counter Drug Support Program. The Mat-Su team works closely with the local police departments and the uniformed patrol section of the Alaska State Troopers to educate, train, and support their efforts related to drug enforcement.

  This team's primary enforcement duties have shifted from marijuana cultivation to the investigation of clandestine methamphetamine laboratories. However,

  the Mat-Su region still comprises the bulk of marijuana related seizures throughout Alaska and has long been recognized as the primary area of marijuana cultivation and distribution in the state. ,

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  A lot of things make a lot more sense now. I thought I had seen that rabid, manic gleam before...you know? Have you ever watched a junkie or a coke or meth head tell the same lie over and over as if the repetition will make it believable...even though it has already been revealed to be untrue. Just keep saying it.

  Google Matanuska ThunderFuck.

  Not the pristine frontier town we have been led to believe. Big drug money.

  —xrsamx Read xrsamx's other letters
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