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RCED-85-18 1 (1984-11-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabevv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ..BY . U,S, GENERAL ACCOUNT NG OFF CE Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Public Lands And National Parks, Committee On Interior And Insular Affairs, House Of Representatives Additional Actions Taken To Control Marijuana Cultivation And Other Crimes On Federal Lands I6 a 1982 report, GAO discussed marijuana cul- i yation and other illegal and unauthorized activities on federal lands. At the request of the Chairman, H use Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Pirks, GAO updated its previous work. GAO found that marijuana growers have threatened and harassed federal employees and land users and/or caused resource damage, primarily in Cal- ifornia and Oregon. GAO also found that increased cooperative law enforcement efforts have resulted in the destruction of more marijuana. Further, GAO was informed that additional actions have been taken to control other crimes on federal lands. I GAO believes that the agencies' law enforcement efforts to control marijuana cultivation and to foster mutual aid and cooperation with other law en- forcement entities are responsive to its previous rec- orimendations that the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior (1) give increased emphasis to using their law enforcement powers and, where necessary, re- vise existing regulations and (2) increase their level of law enforcement activities. GAO/RCED-85-18 NOVEMBER 28, 1984