I Investigated "Murder Mountain" - Weed, Outlaws, & Missing People
Source: YouTube · Tyler Oliveira · published Mar 13, 2025 · 25:35
California's legalization of cannabis destroyed the Emerald Triangle's economy, turning once-prosperous communities into struggling ghost towns with a dark history of violence and missing persons 00:00.
Key Takeaways:
• Before 2016, the Emerald Triangle supplied an estimated 60% of America's illegal cannabis, creating prosperity before legalization destroyed the black market economy 01:25
• The area known as "Murder Mountain" (Alder Point) has a reputation for missing persons, with hundreds disappearing each year due to violence in the illicit drug trade 00:30
• After legalization, many communities became ghost towns as new regulations, taxes, and corporate competition made small-scale growing unprofitable 18:45
The legacy of the Emerald Triangle serves as a cautionary tale about how rapid legalization without proper support can devastate communities that once depended on the illegal cannabis trade.
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there's people that get walk in cages in the woods and starve to death almost we have more crime than New York City and LA combined you better stick with someone native around there cuz they will take you out he actually stabbed somebody in the neck with an ice pick they ended up finding six bodies out there I saw my friend erson he in the tree it's over dude what do you mean it's over you're going to kill me your guys car yes sir film it this is murder mountain in a remote area of California where hundreds of people disappear Without a Trace every year before California legalized weed in 2016 countless illegal weed Farms went wild in humbal Trinity and mosino County this area known as the Emerald Triangle the largest cannabis producing region in America that supplied an estimated 60% of t…