Summer is unmistakably the growing season, whether your green thumb is producing a legal crop or an illegal one. But farmers finding their fields hijacked by marijuana growers may have a little extra help in dealing with the problem.

In Brome-Missisquoi and in Coaticook, farmers can sign a "social contract" with the Surete du Quebec . The contract gives police permission to venture onto the land at any time in search of outlaw plantations. Otherwise police can't check a property without probable cause, or permission from the landowner.

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