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but they also would seem to be less likely to have insurance and more likely, as a result, to guard their property with some level of force?

All cannabis farms I've seen (n>500) have insurance, expensive policy but they still have it. And they are obligated by state law to report any theft

avs is talking about less-than-legal operations which are more likely and incentivized to use less-than legal force to guard their operation.

Well then those aren't exactly illegal crops are they?

>People robbed of illegal property usually do not report such losses to the authorities.