Operation Green Merchant

Operation Green Merchant
	Part of the War on Drugs
Date	1988 - 1992
Location	46 US states
Result	1,698 arrests, seizure of 3,794 indoor growing operations and $35 million in drug assets
Belligerents
United States DEA;	marijuana growers and related hydroponic and garden businesses
Strength
	DEA agents, along with local, state and federal agents from 46 states

Operation Green Merchant was a nationwide investigation and operation targeting businesses advertising specialized horticultural equipment that was supposedly used to grow cannabis in the 1990s.^[1]^[2]^[3]

^ Johnston, David (October 27, 1989). "119 Seized in Drive to Halt Indoor Marijuana Growing". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 2, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
^ Boyd, Ray (October 14, 2005). "Operation Green Merchant". Cannabis Culture. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013.
^ Roth, Jason (June 12, 1994). "High Times Is Feeling Mellow at 20". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on March 7, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2020.

[1] Johnston, David (October 27, 1989). "119 Seized in Drive to Halt Indoor Marijuana Growing". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 2, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2020.

[2] Boyd, Ray (October 14, 2005). "Operation Green Merchant". Cannabis Culture. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013.

[3] Roth, Jason (June 12, 1994). "High Times Is Feeling Mellow at 20". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on March 7, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2020.

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