The "Godfather of Grass" Is Still On the Lam

First of all, check this guy out.

Okay, moving on. NPR had a nice article about the "Godfather of Grass" and his more than two year run from the Feds. The Feds would love to get their hands on him to put him away on a life sentence for growing and distributing a boat-load of dope.

From npr.org:

With authorities closing in to seize 2,400 marijuana plants on John Robert Boone's farm two years ago, the legendary Kentucky outlaw vanished like a puff of smoke. The prolific grower has been dodging the law ever since, his folk-hero status growing with every sale of a "Run, Johnny, Run" T-shirt and click on his Facebook fan page.

Tracking down the fugitive who resembles a tattooed Santa Claus has proven as hard as "trying to catch a ghost" for the federal authorities canvassing tightlipped residents among the small farms in a rural area southeast of Louisville. Boone, who's trying to avoid the life sentence he would get if convicted a third time of growing pot, has plenty of sympathizers in an area where many farmers down on their luck have planted marijuana.

It's an interesting piece that touches on the plights of the American farmer and what has led so many of them to cultivate pot.

Worth the read, click here for the full piece.

Thanks to Big Wave Slavic Davo for sending this over.