To be fair the pacific northwest of the US is US pot mecca. Here, hydro is often enough referred to as “bc bud” which elsewhere in the US is a very good thing, but here can be used as a derogatory moniker given to mass produced, fast harvest cycle hydro weed. Outdoors, weed grows best in about the same conditions as hops do - 2000 to 3000 feet up a (preferably) volcanic mountainside. Assuming you choose your site well, pollination is kept to a minimum by prevailing winds, and you are planting pre-sexed clones backpacked up the trail. Plenty of that to go around in the area fortunately 
The Parks system here (and in Cali.) has had some real problems with growers clearing land, and diverting water to grow.
As for Emily Bauer, it was mainstream news in the US, and I never try to make sense of medical mishaps involving drugs. Ecstasy deaths? Don’t exist. Yet, some have died under the influence. Bath salts in all their different chemical makeups are completely harmless cocaine substitutes according to many… until some guy gets his face torn off, and all the other documented psychotic behavior associated. LSD harmless? Watched some people completely disintegrate on acid, babysat quite a few others, meanwhile others had their essential identity untouched. The fake marijuana crap “spice” is a whole bunch of different chemical formulations made by god knows who with god knows what quality control. How it will affect any given person physically / mentally is a complete cipher until it actually happens.
Edit - clarification on outdoor grow technique.
