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Lawman of the Emerald: Sheriff Matt Kendall on Cartels, Weed, and Water Wars
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Lawman of the Emerald: Sheriff Matt Kendall on Cartels, Weed, and Water Wars

Matt Kendall is a sheriff in the heart of California's cannabis country, the epicenter of black market marijuana production, dominated by transnational drug trafficking organizations.
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Today I am speaking with Matt Kendall, sheriff of Mendocino County in California’s infamous Emerald Triangle, the epicenter of black market marijuana production.

Sheriff Kendall blows the lid off some of the most under-covered and shocking stories in the U.S. today. Cartels are running rampant on Native American reservations and transnational criminal drug trafficking organizations are operating on U.S. soil including on our public lands and national forests. Illicit cannabis is stealing millions of gallons of water in the drought and fire-prone West every single day. Kendall also talks about being a California sheriff under Governor Gavin Newsom, his restrictions on working with ICE, and trying to advocate for victims in a state that is increasingly pro-predator. He explains how legalization has impacted the cannabis market, how over-regulation is killing rural America, and much more. This episode is shocking and you won’t hear this info anywhere else.

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