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Offline thundley4

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Feds attack California's medical marijuana trade-again
« on: June 06, 2012, 08:47:25 PM »
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Feds attack California's medical marijuana trade-again

Source: Reuters

Feds attack California's medical marijuana trade-again

By Dan Whitcomb

LOS ANGELES | Wed Jun 6, 2012 5:38pm EDT

(Reuters) - Federal authorities opened the latest front in their war on California's massive medical marijuana industry this week, filing property forfeiture lawsuits in a bid to shut down three dispensaries and sending warning letters to 34 people.

The moves by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles are the latest in an ongoing crackdown on what federal prosecutors say is a flourishing network of illegal cannabis suppliers operating across California under the cover of the state's medical marijuana law.

Authorities have now targeted more than 220 dispensaries -- deemed "marijuana stores" by prosecutors -- or indoor cultivation houses in the seven-county Central District of California alone, U.S. Attorney's spokesman Thom Mrozek said.

Most have been closed or are facing eviction or have been the subject to additional federal law enforcement actions, he said. The Central District of California represents the largest federal law enforcement jurisdiction in the country.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/06/us-usa-marijuana-california-idUSBRE8551EE20120606
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002778319

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Politicalboi (6,665 posts)
1. When does this end?

I live in Bakersfield, and the idiots here voted out pot shops.

They know the type of people that pot shops draw.

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2. This ends when we start defeating politicians who support it.

Obama is in California fund-raising today. I wonder if he hears the howls of anger and outrage. Somehow, I doubt it.

California is a safe Democratic state. It will be interesting to see how many vote third party.

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4. "..on what federal prosecutors say is a flourishing network of illegal cannabis suppliers...."

 


states rights, eh?   


Most awesome priorites from our federal government......

Your tax dollars hard at work. 

F**king DUmmies are all for states rights when it comes to their drugs, but let Arizona or some other state want to enforce laws against illegal aliens and suddenly they love the Feds.


I think the feds should halt all federal monies going to states that have legalized medical marijuana.  Force them to obey the federal law just like they did with the drinking age and speed limits.
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Re: Feds attack California's medical marijuana trade-again
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2012, 08:51:34 PM »
Hope and Choom-ge, bitches. You voted for this, so suck it up.
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Re: Feds attack California's medical marijuana trade-again
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2012, 12:43:08 AM »
I live in Fresno (more or less) you wouldn't believe how many ads there are on craigslist blatantly selling weed. Were I desperate for cash, I might consider robbing drug dealers for fun and profit... Not like they would report it to the police, or that if they did the cops would be gung ho...
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Re: Feds attack California's medical marijuana trade-again
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2012, 09:25:59 AM »
Wow, until I saw just how many pot shops were needed, some are across the street from one another, I never knew just how many MILLIONS "needed" their "medicine". All for a "drug" with no known true benefit other than making AIDS patients hungry.
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Re: Feds attack California's medical marijuana trade-again
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2012, 10:02:42 AM »
Ban smoking tax cigarettes heavily jail violators but leave my pot alone[DOPER/mode]
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Re: Feds attack California's medical marijuana trade-again
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2012, 10:09:19 AM »
Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and recuse myself on this one.  :-)
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Re: Feds attack California's medical marijuana trade-again
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2012, 06:09:51 PM »
Scientists in Israel created marijuana with increased medical benefits and NO HIGH. Note the clamor for it...
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Re: Feds attack California's medical marijuana trade-again
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2012, 06:19:37 PM »
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Scientists in Israel created marijuana with increased medical benefits and NO HIGH. Note the clamor for it...

Damn Jews, harshin' our buzz. /DUmode
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Re: Feds attack California's medical marijuana trade-again
« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2012, 06:25:57 PM »
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