No shortage? I grew up there and if you count shitty mex dirt weed then I guess there is no shortage. But every late spring and into summer it was tough to find decent week at any price. Now, it's better but there is still that summer dry time for all except the most dedicated, plugged in or rich.

If you saw this on a TV show you'd call it unbelievable writing.

Just wow. What a lousy reason to get busted. What a silly thing to kill yourself over.

@1. Well, there's no shortage judging form Broad City, I guess.

Poor guy, must've had a lot going on inside his head. A busted pot grow and all the charges that come with it are not a life sentence. Not even in New York.

Stupid man, topping himself. Probably smoked way too much weed or he would have had a more elegant escape strategy. Plus, if you're going to use a legit business as a front, it shouldn't be run so shoddily that it attracts sanitation and conservation enforcement agents. Stupid, stupid man...

When are we going to legalize pot in New York? This "war" only feeds cash into criminal enterprises. The maraschino cherry guy was probably harmless, but many of the smuggling gangs aren't.

PS, within 10 minutes before reading this article, I just finished my first "Last Word" cocktail, which among other ingredients uses maraschino liqueur, which by the way is colorless.

Asshole shouldn't have fucked with bees.

Well this is the pits.

Q: What kind of bees are red? A:Rubies

He probably would have done more time for the tax evasion than for the pot.

I could see doing a couple bong hits then plowing through a dumptruck full of maraschino cherries.

Given the bee angle, I'm disappointed that nowhere in the write-up was the raid referred to as a "sting".
Apis mellifera ligustica ain't nothin' to fuck with!

@12 FTW

I disagree - #9 FTW!

It's too bad, he might have had a good chance of beating any charges; the cops couldn't get a warrant to search for drugs after repeated attempts so they "partnered" with the Department of Environmental Conservation for an "inspection" that just happened to turn up drugs behind a secret door that the cops probably tipped the inspectors about.

No! Not the bees! Not the bees!!!!

I would totally freak if some asshole were leaking red dye #40 all over my neighbourhood.

@12 FTW!

Another victory in the War on Drugs! We're all a little safer today...

@12 Good one. You're always on the mark. This guy must have had a lot more going on in his life to just kill himself! Guilt runs a deep channel in one's mind.

But what about the Maraschino Cherries!?!?!?! I hope we're not facing a shortage! You can't make a pineapple upside-down cake without Maraschino Cherries!!!!

@5 "A busted pot grow and all the charges that come with it are not a life sentence. "

Maybe he felt even a few years in prison would be intolerable.