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Mexican drug gangs are running bigger and more sophisticated marijuana operations across the United States, with more plants per field, even as the number of fields declines.

It’s the day after Christmas in 2001. You’re 21 years old. After finally putting your 18-month-old daughter to sleep, you’re relaxing in your favorite recliner, nodding off in the flickering light of the television show you’re only half-watching and the string of Christmas lights around your front window.