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Expanding the Production Team

John Nores accepts producer role with Director, Lou Douros, and Director of Photography, John Northrup.

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Needles are Easier to Find in Haystacks Than THIS!

While flying on a recent air reconnaissance mission, I've discovered that keeping our public lands safe from environmental criminals is NOT easy. In fact, it's downright impossible, even with the help of air assets and sophisticated camera equipment.

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Call To Action

While cannabis-infused Californians stand idly by, our public lands are being squatted, subdivided, poisoned, and left-for-dead. Heavily-armed drug trafficking organizations sneak into our public lands and kill everything in a local food-web to make way for their illegal marijuana gardens. Filmmaker, Lou Douros shares his plan to invite sponsors and conscientious investors to back a one-of-a-kind story of sadness and hope.

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Ready For Anything

While preparing to work with the Butte County Sheriff's Department for Altered State, it is important to be ready for anything. Filmmaker, Lou Douros was invited to train with Butte County's STABO-Masters and pilots from the Special Enforcement Unit. (See the 360ยบ immersive video at the end of this article).

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The Great Wilderness Garbage Patch

Environmental criminals are thriving under legalization. In the marijuana business, the good guys are still outnumbered. Legalization has not fixed environmental crimes.

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Eight Steps, and Then You Die

Great progress in working with those that aim to keep our state safe from environmental criminals.

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Altered State: Sponsorships

Branding in the new green economy should include every opportunity, which starts with 21st Century media.

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Altered State; Start to Finish...

What is Altered State and who is the filmmaker behind it?

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The Stakes are High

What's at stake in California? Altered State seeks to show just how high the stakes are when it comes to illegal marijuana farming.

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The Altered State of California...

The Altered State of California and how it started.

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