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‘A new citizenship’
Clinton would call
on young people
to serve others,
she tells students
By RODDIE A. BURRIS
rburris@thestate.com
U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton said Saturday that,
if elected president, she will call on “a new gen-
eration of Americans to serve.”
Clinton made her comments in wrapping up
the three-day College Democrats of America con-
vention at the University of South Carolina.
The leader in polls among Democratic presi-
dential candidates for 2008, Clinton told several
hundred cheering young Democrats that the next
presidential election is about new leadership but
also “a new citizenship” that defines who we are
as a nation. INSIDE
She said six years under Republican President
Hillary Clinton is
George W. Bush have led to U.S. “alienation
sailing toward the
around the world” and “incompetence and indif-
ference here at home.”
Democratic
presidential
Clinton, who has been elected to the U.S. Sen-
nomination,
ate twice from New York, said she wants to cre-
says political
ate a public service academy designed to inspire
columnist
young Americans to serve others.
Lee Bandy.
“We are a good and great nation,” Clinton said.
Page B3
“We can restore America’s image around the
world. Let’s do it together.” Also, with
Clinton had control of the crowd from the out- six months until
set. Relaxed and speaking calmly, Clinton blasted the S.C. primaries,
the Bush administration for “denial and defiance” six storylines to
of global warming and for threatening to veto an watch.
expanded children’s health insurance program Page B3 RICH GLICKSTEIN/RGLICKSTEIN@THESTATE.COM
‘We can restore America’s image around the world. Let’s do it together,’
SEE DEMOCRATS PAGE B5 U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton told young Democrats on Saturday.

JIMMY CHANDLER: THE NATURAL

Abstinence-only
sex education
questioned
S.C. pays for
abstinence program
while effectiveness
issues are raised
By JOHN O’CONNOR
joconnor@thestate.com
South Carolina has added
money for abstinence-only sex ed-
ucation as federal officials ques-
tion the effectiveness of similar
programs.
The state’s budget for the year
that started July 1 includes
$800,000 for Heritage Community
Services, a Charleston-based
group that has received more
than $12 million in state and fed-
eral money since its founding in
1995. The group received
JEFF BLAKE/JBLAKE@THESTATE.COM
$600,000 a year between 2002 and
Environmental lawyer Jimmy Chandler, sitting on the beach of Winyah Bay in Georgetown, has been warring with big
2004 from the state but no money
corporations, developers and government regulators for 20 years.
the last two years.
Heritage has political connec-
tions. Former U.S. Rep. Tommy
WHAT
IS HERITAGE?
The Charleston-area group has
received more than $10 million
in state and federal money to
teach its abstinence-only
sex education program.
■ According to Heritage’s Web
site, its main program is two
450-minute Heritage Keepers
courses for school-age children.
The goal is to encourage stu-
dents not to engage in sex until
they are married.
■ The group also has courses
to help parents and communi-
ties support those students, as
well as prepare couples for
marriage.
■ Heritage has been criticized
for its business arrangement
with Badgley Enterprises, a for-
profit company owned by Her-
itage founder Anne Badgley.
Badgley Enterprises sells its in-

20 years of preserving land Hartnett is a board member, and

fellow board member Cyndi
Mosteller is the sister of state Sen.
Chip Campsen. Heritage also has
the support of former Gov. David
Beasley, who helped it get a $1.3
structional materials to
Heritage, paid for by state and
federal dollars. However, Anne
Badgley has said the company
donates many copies of its
materials and sells much of the

Underdog lawyer puts up good fight million-a-year state contract to

provide sex education services
during his administration.
rest at cost.

At least two S.C. school dis- No Midlands school districts

JIMMY
CHANDLER
Head of the S.C. Environmental
Law Project
Age: 57
Residence: Pawleys Island
Family: Married to Rebecca
McCarthy Chandler;
daughter, Leigh
Occupation: Founder, president
and general counsel for the S.C.
Environmental Law Project
Education: Bachelor’s degree,
Davidson College; master’s de-
gree in business, University of
South Carolina School of Busi-
ness; juris doctorate, University of
South Carolina School of Law
By SAMMY FRETWELL
sfretwell@thestate.com
Practically everyone in Georgetown knew
Jimmy Chandler when he came home for a visit
in 1981.
But this wasn’t the nice young fellow many
folks remembered growing up in the sleepy
town. This was a 31-year-old Columbia lawyer
fighting an oil refinery that could bring 390 jobs
to the small seaport.
How, they wondered, could a guy from such
a respected family oppose something so good
for the economy?
“They were as mad as they could be at me,”
said Chandler, now 57. “I had the editor of the
local newspaper tell me I could never come
back and live in my hometown. My father even
called and asked if I’d lost my mind.
“It wasn’t easy.”
That initial crusade — to protect George-
town’s marshes and waterways from oil pollu-
tion, Chandler said — eventually led Chandler
to start the S.C. Environmental Law Project in
1987, a legal service representing conservation tricts that used the program have use Heritage.
groups and citizens. dropped it recently, and a Rhode The Charleston County school
He’s been warring with big corporations, de-
velopers and government regulators ever since.
Island district raised questions
about Heritage and its curriculum.
district discontinued its use of the
program over concerns about in-
His nonprofit law project — which celebrates its Federal officials also are debating accurate material.
20th anniversary this year — has been involved whether to cut money for similar Dorchester 2 also stopped us-
in virtually every major S.C. environmental case programs amid questions about
ing the program. Spokeswoman
since its inception, legal observers say. their effectiveness.
“I can’t say enough about what he has ac- Pat Raynor said principals were
A recent federally spon- happy with the program, but the
complished,” said Mary Shahid, former counsel
sored study of Heritage con- district thought it should teach the
for the state’s coastal management agency. “The
cluded the program hasn’t had
cases he brings to court are about changes in material itself.
public policy.” much impact on when stu-
The Charleston City Paper
Chandler could be making a huge salary at a dents engage in sex.
wrote about nonprofit Heritage’s
big law firm, representing corporate clients who “Despite increases in the pro-
portion of youth pledging to ab- ties to a for-profit company that
need environmental permits, Shahid said. produces its materials. Both Her-
Instead, Chandler and his tiny organization stain, the Life Skills Education
component did not have signifi- itage and the for-profit company
represent groups like the Sierra Club or neigh-
cant impacts on .æ.æ. outcomes re- are headed by Anne Badgley and
borhood associations, often fighting for years
for what they believe are worthy causes. lated to abstinence,” Mathemat- employ her family members, ac-
Chandler charges only what clients can af- ica Policy Research said in a cording to the newspaper.
ford to pay toward his expenses. These days, he report about Heritage, done for Heritage declined to discuss its
the U.S. Department of Health
SEE CHANDLER PAGE B6 and Human Services. SEE HERITAGE PAGE B5

SOUTH CAROLINA DEATHS

Ruby Ainsworth, Bennettsville
Wyrian Arnold, Columbia
Calvin Branham, Columbia
Patricia Cantrell, Lexington
John Carothers, Lancaster
Diane Cherry, Sumter
Gary Collins, Varnville
Doris Copeland, Lynchburg
Lillie Davis, Lake City
May Erickson, Columbia
Helen Fraysse, Columbia
Miriam Gaddy, Rembert
John Gardner, Bishopville
Janie Gilmore, Santee
Sandra Heckle, St. Matthews
Betty Isaac, Springfield
Elonise Jackson, Columbia
William JohnsonæSr., Bamberg
Frank JonesæJr., Newberry
George Lindsay, Chester
Florene McClam, Elgin
Rudolph Middleton, Columbia
Jewel Mitcham, Mullins
Margaret Montaque, Hartsville
Sarah Munn, Camden
Ethel O’Shields, Whitmire
Ethel Pearson, Columbia
Elnora Portee, Columbia
Aubrey Powell, Columbia
Mary Richardson, Columbia
John Rossiter, Lexington
Dr. Hubert ScottæII, Columbia
Willie Selph, Gadsden
Ruben Thornton, Columbia
Dorothy Walker, Summerville
Richard Walker, Rock Hill
Shunta Wilson, Columbia
Oscar WootenæSr., Columbia
DETAILS, DEATHS ELSEWHERE,
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‘A new citizenship’
Clinton would call
on young people
to serve others,
she tells students
By RODDIE A. BURRIS
rburris@thestate.com
U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton said Saturday that,
if elected president, she will call on “a new gen-
eration of Americans to serve.”
Clinton made her comments in wrapping up
the three-day College Democrats of America con-
vention at the University of South Carolina.
The leader in polls among Democratic presi-
dential candidates for 2008, Clinton told several
hundred cheering young Democrats that the next
presidential election is about new leadership but
also “a new citizenship” that defines who we are
as a nation. INSIDE
She said six years under Republican President
Hillary Clinton is
George W. Bush have led to U.S. “alienation
sailing toward the
around the world” and “incompetence and indif-
ference here at home.”
Democratic
presidential
Clinton, who has been elected to the U.S. Sen-
nomination,
ate twice from New York, said she wants to cre-
says political
ate a public service academy designed to inspire
columnist
young Americans to serve others.
Lee Bandy.
“We are a good and great nation,” Clinton said.
Page B3
“We can restore America’s image around the
world. Let’s do it together.” Also, with
Clinton had control of the crowd from the out- six months until
set. Relaxed and speaking calmly, Clinton blasted the S.C. primaries,
the Bush administration for “denial and defiance” six storylines to
of global warming and for threatening to veto an watch.
expanded children’s health insurance program Page B3 RICH GLICKSTEIN/RGLICKSTEIN@THESTATE.COM
‘We can restore America’s image around the world. Let’s do it together,’
SEE DEMOCRATS PAGE B5 U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton told young Democrats on Saturday.

JIMMY CHANDLER: THE NATURAL

Abstinence-only
sex education
questioned
S.C. pays for
abstinence program
while effectiveness
issues are raised
By JOHN O’CONNOR
joconnor@thestate.com
South Carolina has added
money for abstinence-only sex ed-
ucation as federal officials ques-
tion the effectiveness of similar
programs.
The state’s budget for the year
that started July 1 includes
$800,000 for Heritage Community
Services, a Charleston-based
group that has received more
than $12 million in state and fed-
eral money since its founding in
1995. The group received
JEFF BLAKE/JBLAKE@THESTATE.COM
$600,000 a year between 2002 and
Environmental lawyer Jimmy Chandler, sitting on the beach of Winyah Bay in Georgetown, has been warring with big
2004 from the state but no money
corporations, developers and government regulators for 20 years.
the last two years.
Heritage has political connec-
tions. Former U.S. Rep. Tommy
WHAT
IS HERITAGE?
The Charleston-area group has
received more than $10 million
in state and federal money to
teach its abstinence-only
sex education program.
■ According to Heritage’s Web
site, its main program is two
450-minute Heritage Keepers
courses for school-age children.
The goal is to encourage stu-
dents not to engage in sex until
they are married.
■ The group also has courses
to help parents and communi-
ties support those students, as
well as prepare couples for
marriage.
■ Heritage has been criticized
for its business arrangement
with Badgley Enterprises, a for-
profit company owned by Her-
itage founder Anne Badgley.
Badgley Enterprises sells its in-

20 years of preserving land Hartnett is a board member, and

fellow board member Cyndi
Mosteller is the sister of state Sen.
Chip Campsen. Heritage also has
the support of former Gov. David
Beasley, who helped it get a $1.3
structional materials to
Heritage, paid for by state and
federal dollars. However, Anne
Badgley has said the company
donates many copies of its
materials and sells much of the

Underdog lawyer puts up good fight million-a-year state contract to

provide sex education services
during his administration.
rest at cost.

At least two S.C. school dis- No Midlands school districts

JIMMY
CHANDLER
Head of the S.C. Environmental
Law Project
Age: 57
Residence: Pawleys Island
Family: Married to Rebecca
McCarthy Chandler;
daughter, Leigh
Occupation: Founder, president
and general counsel for the S.C.
Environmental Law Project
Education: Bachelor’s degree,
Davidson College; master’s de-
gree in business, University of
South Carolina School of Busi-
ness; juris doctorate, University of
South Carolina School of Law
By SAMMY FRETWELL
sfretwell@thestate.com
Practically everyone in Georgetown knew
Jimmy Chandler when he came home for a visit
in 1981.
But this wasn’t the nice young fellow many
folks remembered growing up in the sleepy
town. This was a 31-year-old Columbia lawyer
fighting an oil refinery that could bring 390 jobs
to the small seaport.
How, they wondered, could a guy from such
a respected family oppose something so good
for the economy?
“They were as mad as they could be at me,”
said Chandler, now 57. “I had the editor of the
local newspaper tell me I could never come
back and live in my hometown. My father even
called and asked if I’d lost my mind.
“It wasn’t easy.”
That initial crusade — to protect George-
town’s marshes and waterways from oil pollu-
tion, Chandler said — eventually led Chandler
to start the S.C. Environmental Law Project in
1987, a legal service representing conservation tricts that used the program have use Heritage.
groups and citizens. dropped it recently, and a Rhode The Charleston County school
He’s been warring with big corporations, de-
velopers and government regulators ever since.
Island district raised questions
about Heritage and its curriculum.
district discontinued its use of the
program over concerns about in-
His nonprofit law project — which celebrates its Federal officials also are debating accurate material.
20th anniversary this year — has been involved whether to cut money for similar Dorchester 2 also stopped us-
in virtually every major S.C. environmental case programs amid questions about
ing the program. Spokeswoman
since its inception, legal observers say. their effectiveness.
“I can’t say enough about what he has ac- Pat Raynor said principals were
A recent federally spon- happy with the program, but the
complished,” said Mary Shahid, former counsel
sored study of Heritage con- district thought it should teach the
for the state’s coastal management agency. “The
cluded the program hasn’t had
cases he brings to court are about changes in material itself.
public policy.” much impact on when stu-
The Charleston City Paper
Chandler could be making a huge salary at a dents engage in sex.
wrote about nonprofit Heritage’s
big law firm, representing corporate clients who “Despite increases in the pro-
portion of youth pledging to ab- ties to a for-profit company that
need environmental permits, Shahid said. produces its materials. Both Her-
Instead, Chandler and his tiny organization stain, the Life Skills Education
component did not have signifi- itage and the for-profit company
represent groups like the Sierra Club or neigh-
cant impacts on .æ.æ. outcomes re- are headed by Anne Badgley and
borhood associations, often fighting for years
for what they believe are worthy causes. lated to abstinence,” Mathemat- employ her family members, ac-
Chandler charges only what clients can af- ica Policy Research said in a cording to the newspaper.
ford to pay toward his expenses. These days, he report about Heritage, done for Heritage declined to discuss its
the U.S. Department of Health
SEE CHANDLER PAGE B6 and Human Services. SEE HERITAGE PAGE B5

SOUTH CAROLINA DEATHS

Ruby Ainsworth, Bennettsville
Wyrian Arnold, Columbia
Calvin Branham, Columbia
Patricia Cantrell, Lexington
John Carothers, Lancaster
Diane Cherry, Sumter
Gary Collins, Varnville
Doris Copeland, Lynchburg
Lillie Davis, Lake City
May Erickson, Columbia
Helen Fraysse, Columbia
Miriam Gaddy, Rembert
John Gardner, Bishopville
Janie Gilmore, Santee
Sandra Heckle, St. Matthews
Betty Isaac, Springfield
Elonise Jackson, Columbia
William JohnsonæSr., Bamberg
Frank JonesæJr., Newberry
George Lindsay, Chester
Florene McClam, Elgin
Rudolph Middleton, Columbia
Jewel Mitcham, Mullins
Margaret Montaque, Hartsville
Sarah Munn, Camden
Ethel O’Shields, Whitmire
Ethel Pearson, Columbia
Elnora Portee, Columbia
Aubrey Powell, Columbia
Mary Richardson, Columbia
John Rossiter, Lexington
Dr. Hubert ScottæII, Columbia
Willie Selph, Gadsden
Ruben Thornton, Columbia
Dorothy Walker, Summerville
Richard Walker, Rock Hill
Shunta Wilson, Columbia
Oscar WootenæSr., Columbia
DETAILS, DEATHS ELSEWHERE,
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*ULY
CHANDLER
FROM PAGE B1
is representing residents of a
rural Allendale County commu-
nity against a proposed landfill.
Chandler said he likes being
the underdog.
It’s not unusual for him to ar-
rive in court — clad in khakis,
loafers and a sport coat — to
find he’s opposed by a team of
blue-suited lawyers and their
staff.
“Every case we take, people
expect us to lose because we are
so overmatched,” Chandler said.
“When we win, they are aston-
ished.”
‘KEEP THINGS
FROM HAPPENING’
Supported by Springs textile
family member Frances Close
and charitable foundations,
Chandler’s Environmental Law
Project has in the past 20 years:
■þHelped win a 15-year legal
fight to close a hazardous waste
landfill at Lake Marion, operated
by Laidlaw/Safety Kleen Corp. At
one point, Laidlaw had one of
the most powerful political lob-
bies in South Carolina.
■þWon a landmark case that
kept developers from converting
marshes to open water lakes in
Georgetown County. Chandler’s
organization beat developers of
the Willbrook Plantation, near
Pawleys Island, on their dredg-
ing plan in the 1980s. The case
helped set precedent, preventing
similar dredging elsewhere.
■þHelped reduce industrial dis-
charges of dioxin, a cancer-caus-
ing chemical, into Winyah Bay
near Georgetown
■þWon a case this year that rein-
forces the public’s right to sue
the Department of Health and
Environmental Control for failing
to enforce coastal protection
laws
■þSettled a case that scaled back
development proposed for the
salt marsh in Cherry Grove. The
case was a contentious issue for
more than 20 years and involved
ex-U.S. Rep. John Jenrette. The
settlement resulted in creation of
a public park on land originally
scheduled for development.
The Environmental Law Pro-
ject started with budget of less
than $30,000 a year; today, its
budget is nearly $400,000. Close,
a conservationist, provides about
15 percent of the funding for the
Law Project she helped start
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“Every case we take,
people expect us to lose
because we are
so overmatched.
When we win,
they are astonished.”
JIMMY CHANDLER
with Chandler. Other organiza-
tions, such as the Donnelley
Foundation, and hundreds of pri-
vate citizens also provide money.
Chandler now has a second
lawyer working with him, Amy
Armstrong, and a full-time office
manager. The law project has
handled 140 cases and been in-
volved in about 500 altogether.
As with his fight against the
oil refinery, Chandler has irked
plenty of people seeking environ-
mental permits from the state
Department of Health and Envi-
ronmental Control.
Several years ago, his
Georgetown office burned in a
fire that some people thought
was suspicious. Investigators de-
termined the fire started from
old wiring after a lightning
strike, Chandler said. “None of
the people I’ve dealt with are
smart enough to have torched it
and made it look like an electri-
cal fire,” he said.
Charleston lawyer Ellison
Smith said he doesn’t take Chan-
dler’s never-quit attitude in court
personally. Smith joked that
Chandler’s legal fights have kept
cases in court for years — and
that’s good for business.
“Jimmy has made me one hell
of a lot of money,” Smith said.
“This year, I plan to send him a
Christmas basket with a ham
and turkeys and jams and jel-
lies.”
Because he has been on the
job so long, Chandler often
knows more about state environ-
mental laws than many of the
regulators he grills in court.
Wayne Beam, the former di-
rector of the S.C. Coastal Coun-
cil, said Chandler is a formidable
opponent. Beam has clashed
plenty of times with Chandler, as
Coastal Council director and,
now, as a private consultant to
developers.
“When I was a regulator, he
was much easier to deal with
than he is now,” Beam said, de-
clining to elaborate. “The pro-
jects I work on, people want to
get something done. Jimmy’s
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deal is to keep things from hap-
pening for a cause.”
‘DO WE NEED 10 MORE
JIMMY CHANDLERS?’
Chandler lives at Pawleys Is-
land with his wife, Rebecca, and
their 13-year-old daughter, Leigh.
Aside from watching his
daughter’s softball games and
teaching her to play guitar, one of
his favorite pastimes is guiding
his small boat through the salt
marsh for a day of fishing.
As a boy, he spent many days
in the tidal creeks and on the
beaches of Georgetown County.
His mother used to row her chil-
dren through the marshes of
Pawleys Island to catch crabs. His
uncle gave Chandler his first boat
when he was eight.
Still, Chandler never expected
to be one of South Carolina’s top
defenders of the environment.
A Davidson College graduate,
he thought he eventually would
go home to Georgetown and
work at his father’s auto dealer-
ship. But his father didn’t have a
job for him when he got out of
graduate school at the University
of South Carolina. So the younger
Chandler went to work on a fish-
ing boat out of Murrells Inlet, a
grueling job that convinced him
law school was in his future.
Chandler practiced business
law in Columbia from 1977 until
taking up his first environmental
case, against the Georgetown oil
refinery.
Representing the S.C. Wildlife
Federation, Chandler eventually
lost the case — but his appeal
produced results. Politicians, in-
cluding U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings
of Charleston, pushed for more
environmental studies and the re-
finery ultimately was defeated. By
then, the Georgetown residents
had come to accept Chandler’s
initial fight against the refinery.
“We finally convinced a major-
ity of the people that it was really
not as good an idea as they
thought,” he said.
Close then hired Chandler —
whom she calls “my lifeline” — to
work on nuclear cases before
they founded the Environmental
Law Project in 1987. Close said
she’s been glad to provide money
for the Law Project through the
years because its work is vital.
“It is of tremendous impor-
tance,” she said. “He’s so talented
and does his job in such a good
way, it’s worth supporting.
“Do we need 10 more Jimmy
Chandlers? Yes.”
7WEATHERSSUNNYPCPARTLYCLOUDYCCLOUDYSHSHOWERSRRAINTTHUNDERSTORMSSNSNOWIICESFSNOWFLURRIESWWINDY
Marijuana growers getting
more bold, sophisticated
By MEG KINNARD
The Associated Press
From the ground, the pine
forests near the North Carolina line
appear unremarkable — rows of
trees that eventually will be chopped
down to make way for a housing
development.
But hidden among the trees, eas-
ily visible only from the air, police
in recent weeks have found a
bumper crop of what some experts
consider South Carolina’s most lu-
crative harvest: marijuana.
More than 30,000 marijuana
plants have been seized in two July
busts just south of Charlotte, bring-
ing the total amount of pot seized
this year to 38,000 plants.
That’s nearly three times the
number confiscated across South
Carolina in all of 2005, and nearly
as many as were seized statewide
last year.
State and federal authorities, and
experts in marijuana policies, say
that what appears to be a bumper
crop of the illicit plants this year is
due to two factors: bolder and more
sophisticated marijuana growers
producing more of the drug, and
law enforcement getting better at
finding the grow operations.
“The traffickers are doing just
larger amounts of grows, and larger
crops, in places where law enforce-
ment is doing a better job in find-
ing them,” said John Ozaluk, the
federal Drug Enforcement Agency’s
top agent in South Carolina. “It’s a
very bold thing to do, to plant that
many marijuana plants.”
Much of the marijuana that ends
up in South Carolina is grown in
Mexico, according to federal offi-
cials. But transporting drugs across
the U.S.-Mexico border means high
costs and security risks, something
Ozaluk said has led to more home-
grown marijuana.
And growers have plenty of fi-
nancial incentive to get into the
booming domestic marijuana in-
dustry.
A 2006 study by Virginia-based
researcher Jon Gettman said mari-
juana was the nation’s largest cash
crop, at $35.8 billion over a three-
year period, and was the single
largest cash crop in 12 states, in-
cluding South Carolina.
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CHESTER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Staff Sgt. Rod Killian, left, and Sheriff Robby Benson of the
Chester County Sheriff’s Department stand among
marijuana plants seized during a raid near Chester.
From 2003-2005, marijuana pro- the road,” Benson said. “We have to
duction and sales amounted to a spot it from the air. It’s real thick,
$142 million industry in the state, most of the time.”
ahead of tobacco ($97 million) and Near the field, deputies found an
cotton ($92 million). irrigation system consisting of plas-
The rural South Carolina coun- tic-lined water pits rigged to a gen-
ties just south of Charlotte are no- erator and pump. And a nearby shel-
torious hotbeds for marijuana grow- ter, complete with tents, makeshift
ers. Interstate 77 cuts through the furniture and food, showed that the
area, winding its way north to growers wanted to stay close to their
Cleveland, Ohio, making the area investments, he said.
an easy starting point for trans- No arrests have been made in
porting South Carolina drugs to ar- either of the big busts, Benson said.
eas farther north. To assist local authorities who
Chester County Sheriff Robby may not have access to helicopters,
Benson said about 40,000 plants state police make regular aerial
have been confiscated in the past searches over Chester County and
two years — more than half of the other areas, looking for the telltale
total number of plants seized leafy plants.
statewide during that time. And, “We go out everyday to some
Benson said, growers are getting part of the state, and we fly over,”
smarter, and more elaborate, in said Maj. Stacey Drakeford, who
their operations. oversees the State Law Enforcement
As is typical for pot busts in the Division’s marijuana-eradication
area, Benson said the 19,000 plants programs. “Sometimes you find
discovered in one raid there earlier them as little as one or two plants,
this month were nestled among pine or you find a plot.”
trees in an area about as large as a To access the off-road areas,
football field. The tree growth helps Benson said his deputies have re-
conceal the plants from detection cently acquired additional all-terrain
by air, but growers will typically vehicles and get help on occasion
prune some of the branches to al- from the National Guard. But even
low sunlight to filter down to the with the extra efforts, some analysts
plants, some of which had grown to wonder if progress is being made
6 feet or more, he said. fighting marijuana, in South Car-
“There’s no way of seeing it from olina and nationwide.