California is awash in cannabis cash, which some use to bribe public officials
By Patrick McGreevy Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sheriff Jon Lopey was startled when a stranger offered him $1 million if he would keep deputies away from certain illegal cannabis farms in Siskiyou County. Lopey called in the FBI, and, later, deliveries of envelopes stuffed with thousands of dollars in cash were recorded by cameras and microphones hidden on the sheriff's cluttered, wooden