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Published: May 14, 2009
55
Grow houses in Hillsborough County shut down in 2008 by the state's Domestic Marijuana Eradication program
47
Grow houses in Pinellas County shut down in 2008 by the program
1,022
Grow houses in Florida shut down in 2008 by the program
78,489
Pot plants seized and destroyed statewide in 2008 by the program
1,093
Arrests made in 2008 by agents with the state's Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement
$287.2 million
Value of plants seized from grow houses statewide in 2008
$3.6 billion
Estimated value of plants seized throughout the state since the eradication program was established in 1981
$3,500
Average worth per pound of marijuana grown indoors
$775
Average worth per pound of marijuana grown outdoors
Source: Florida Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement
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