Drug cartels didn’t get rich by being stupid

From Valor Guardians

Lured by America’s push toward legalized cannabis, cartels have abandoned many decades-old marijuana farms in Mexico, moving their operations to Northern California where they can blend in seamlessly alongside legitimate grows, said Mike Sena, executive director of Northern California’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area task forces.

“Why try to bring that bulk marijuana into the United States, when you can just grow it in the United States in remote locations like Mendocino County and then move it across the entire country?”

https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=120748

“Lured” is the wrong word. Isn’t it likely the Mexican cartels might have begun planning movement to California when Sacramento started buzzing about legalization? Or, maybe cartels funded the buzz?