Medical Marijuana Raids Continue Despite Obama's Pledge
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- TomTucker
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Recent DEA raids in California are once again raising questions about the Obama Administration's commitment to respecting state laws:
San Diego, CA -- Federal agents raided at least three San Diego-area medical marijuana dispensaries [Friday] in the early morning hours. Sources say that Green Kross, Unified Collective and Kush Lounge were all served federal search warrants and were subjected to aggressive SWAT-style raids which resulted in the arrest of as many as 12 people and the seizure of money, medical marijuana and patient records. These raids come as the City of San Diego is deliberating an ordinance to regulate the local distribution of medical marijuana. [Americans for Safe Access]
It's possible, of course, that there were violations of state law taking place here, in which case the DEA's involvement would be consistent with Obama's policy. But it remains unclear why California police would need federal assistance enforcing their own laws. The cynical interpretation would be that the tendency of local juries to acquit medical marijuana defendants has led San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis to have the feds do her dirty work.
Meanwhile in Mendocino:
More at the Link..............
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle_blog/2010/jul/12/medical_marijuana_raids_con...
San Diego, CA -- Federal agents raided at least three San Diego-area medical marijuana dispensaries [Friday] in the early morning hours. Sources say that Green Kross, Unified Collective and Kush Lounge were all served federal search warrants and were subjected to aggressive SWAT-style raids which resulted in the arrest of as many as 12 people and the seizure of money, medical marijuana and patient records. These raids come as the City of San Diego is deliberating an ordinance to regulate the local distribution of medical marijuana. [Americans for Safe Access]
It's possible, of course, that there were violations of state law taking place here, in which case the DEA's involvement would be consistent with Obama's policy. But it remains unclear why California police would need federal assistance enforcing their own laws. The cynical interpretation would be that the tendency of local juries to acquit medical marijuana defendants has led San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis to have the feds do her dirty work.
Meanwhile in Mendocino:
More at the Link..............
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle_blog/2010/jul/12/medical_marijuana_raids_con...
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existentialist
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Are you sure that those raids weren't for copyright infringement? Obama did say he was cracking down on that and I am pretty sure that Homer Simpson is intellectual property of Matt Groening.
- 1 year ago
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existentialist
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EmperorThan
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He lied about literally everything he said he was going to do during his Presidency so far, why would this subject be any different?
- 1 year ago
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EmperorThan
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jswiz
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I 2nd that , what's funny though is most dispensary owners don't wanted legalize, for fear ther pockets will become lighter.
- 1 year ago
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jswiz
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mexicanfoodstamp
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This should be another reason to legalize it.
- 1 year ago
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mexicanfoodstamp
