Feds Bust 103 Medical Pot Dispensaries in SoCal, Delivering Major Blow to Patients in Area

[sailingaway]

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It's legal here, what business is it of theirs?

http://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2013/06/12/Feds-Bust-103-Medical-Pot-Dispensaries-SoCal-Delivering-Major-Blow-Patients-Area


The states -- and public opinion -- are clearly way ahead of the federal government when it comes to marijuana policy.

Nonetheless, the feds insist on shoving their ‘weed is the devil’s lettuce’ propaganda down all of our throats, sometimes with guns and raids. Yesterday, they sent their weed warriors to Los Angeles County, where they busted in and raided 103 (LEGAL) medical marijuana dispensaries

"Out of the 103 storefronts targeted today, federal authorities sent warning letters to 28 stores in Long Beach, 71 in Los Angeles, and four in the Antelope Valley," the U.S. attorney said in a statement. "Two of the stores in Long Beach are housed in buildings that are the subject of asset forfeiture lawsuits that were filed today in United States District Court."

If my math is correct, that means the vast majority of those raided were un-warned. Nonetheless, that's two more buildings the war on drugs' has eaten up as part of its larger policing-for-profit model, which includes the money-making incentive of asset forfeiture.

more at link

[tod evans]

What is your governor doing?

What are the mayors of these towns doing?

If these elected officials won't do their job and stand up for the will of the people then drag their pansy asses into the street and revoke their authority!

Put a Sonny Barger type person in office and give him the power of law to back his play..

:mad:

[Peace Piper]

"Today's [Tuesday's] federal actions involve all known marijuana stores in the City of Long Beach; the City of Lancaster; the high desert community of Pearblossom; and the parts of Los Angeles served by the Newton, Rampart and Harbor divisions of the Los Angeles Police Department," the statement said, shamelessly removing each and every point of access to care for ailing residents in those areas.

If Washington ever gets around to actually opening their state licensed stores this kind of treatment awaits. And Colorado is next.

The Feds are not going to roll over on this-- http://www.canorml.org/costs/federal_medical_marijuana_prisoners_and_cases

This is the thread that unravels the whole sweater (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6630507.PN.&OS=PN/6630507&RS=PN/6630507)

The Federal Government can patent the use of the main ingredient in pot, and never have to answer why they did that.
And then they can, with a straight face, constantly say "there is no medical use for pot"

Idiocracy, we are here.

[kcchiefs6465]

Idiocracy, we are here.
Fascism, we are here.