Dec. 12, 2005, 9:14PM
Feds Raid 13 San Diego-Area Marijuana Shops
© 2005 The Associated Press
SAN DIEGO — Federal agents raided 13 San Diego-area marijuana dispensaries Monday, seizing large quantities of the drug, computers and records in one of the largest crackdowns of its kind in California.
Authorities said the shops were selling marijuana to people who weren't using it for medicinal purposes. The home of one of the dispensaries' owners was raided along with the shops.
"These were nothing more than a front for distributing marijuana," said Drug Enforcement Administration agent John Fernandes.
One man, armed with a firearm, was arrested as he drove up to a dispensary with two pounds of marijuana he was trying to sell _ apparently unaware of the raid taking place.
Steph Sherer of Americans for Safe Access, a medical marijuana advocacy group, called the raids outrageous and a cowardly act of an administration that was out of touch with voters.
In 1996, California voters passed a ballot initiative that decriminalized the use of medical marijuana under state law. However, under federal law, it is illegal to use pot even for medical purposes.
Authorities began investigating San Diego's dispensaries six months ago, prompted partly by complaints from neighbors. Instead of providing marijuana to seriously ill patients as voters had intended, dispensaries that were raided Monday sold marijuana to young adults, Fernandes said.
The combination of drugs and cash also has attracted armed robbers, he said.
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yay, let's chalk up yet another victory in the failed war on drugs. the feds just don't get it. forcing people to go about acquiring their preferred medicine of choice through the underworld only emboldens the violent drug smugglers and traffickers they want to stop with even more money/power/influence. that's not a good thing, yet these smacktards blinded by their law goggles can't do the math to figure it out.
the system as set up in california, while not 'perfect', it took the criminal enterprise out of the loop in terms of profitting off this plant. it gave patients like myself who contribute to society, are not violent, and just generally want to live in peace, a way to purchase this product without fear or retribution from the people in part paid from my paycheck to enforce 'the law'.
complaints from neighbors? i'd like to see some more documentation on this. i will assume for now all it takes is one person who has been completely brainwashed by the campaign of cannabis misinformation [DARE] to call up the cops and bitch about 'those damn potheads in that business park' to get one of these places shut down. hey, it's not out of the realm of probability.
remember prohibition? it still doesn't work. this sucks.
Feds Raid 13 San Diego-Area Marijuana Shops
© 2005 The Associated Press
SAN DIEGO — Federal agents raided 13 San Diego-area marijuana dispensaries Monday, seizing large quantities of the drug, computers and records in one of the largest crackdowns of its kind in California.
Authorities said the shops were selling marijuana to people who weren't using it for medicinal purposes. The home of one of the dispensaries' owners was raided along with the shops.
"These were nothing more than a front for distributing marijuana," said Drug Enforcement Administration agent John Fernandes.
One man, armed with a firearm, was arrested as he drove up to a dispensary with two pounds of marijuana he was trying to sell _ apparently unaware of the raid taking place.
Steph Sherer of Americans for Safe Access, a medical marijuana advocacy group, called the raids outrageous and a cowardly act of an administration that was out of touch with voters.
In 1996, California voters passed a ballot initiative that decriminalized the use of medical marijuana under state law. However, under federal law, it is illegal to use pot even for medical purposes.
Authorities began investigating San Diego's dispensaries six months ago, prompted partly by complaints from neighbors. Instead of providing marijuana to seriously ill patients as voters had intended, dispensaries that were raided Monday sold marijuana to young adults, Fernandes said.
The combination of drugs and cash also has attracted armed robbers, he said.
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yay, let's chalk up yet another victory in the failed war on drugs. the feds just don't get it. forcing people to go about acquiring their preferred medicine of choice through the underworld only emboldens the violent drug smugglers and traffickers they want to stop with even more money/power/influence. that's not a good thing, yet these smacktards blinded by their law goggles can't do the math to figure it out.
the system as set up in california, while not 'perfect', it took the criminal enterprise out of the loop in terms of profitting off this plant. it gave patients like myself who contribute to society, are not violent, and just generally want to live in peace, a way to purchase this product without fear or retribution from the people in part paid from my paycheck to enforce 'the law'.
complaints from neighbors? i'd like to see some more documentation on this. i will assume for now all it takes is one person who has been completely brainwashed by the campaign of cannabis misinformation [DARE] to call up the cops and bitch about 'those damn potheads in that business park' to get one of these places shut down. hey, it's not out of the realm of probability.
remember prohibition? it still doesn't work. this sucks.
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