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Feds order Cali medical marijuana dispensaries to close

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  1. TheWacoKidd TheWacoKidd is offline haters gonna hate

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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 9:47pm)

    in 45 days. WTF? cleaning out the competition?

    http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?sec...ate&id=8381783

    SAN FRANCISCO -- Federal officials are warning California medical marijuana dispensaries they must shut down within 45 days or face criminal prosecution and having their property confiscated.

    The state's four U.S. attorneys sent letters Wednesday and Thursday notifying at least 16 pot shops or their landlords that they are violating federal drug laws, even though medical marijuana is legal in California. The attorneys are to announce their coordinated crackdown at a Friday news conference.

    Edited By: TheWacoKidd Oct 6th, 2011 at 09:48 PM
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  2. Mr. Blonde Mr. Blonde is offline Supreme Moderator

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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 9:48pm) in reply to TheWacoKidd

    wtf. Canada is looking more and more like a viable option
     
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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 9:55pm) in reply to Mr. Blonde

    My cousin will need to find new clients. This is such bullshit.
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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 9:56pm) in reply to Z-Fresh

    bullshit
  5. SpankyHamm SpankyHamm is online now

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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 9:57pm) in reply to ScottBrewr99

    So are the targeting specific dispensaries or all of them?
     
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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 9:57pm) in reply to SpankyHamm

    Uh oh.
  7. sacaniga sacaniga is offline fake machinist

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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 9:58pm) in reply to HeyNiceAscot

    the rest of the country is about to be flooded with good nuggets for a few months but yeah this is some bull shit
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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 9:58pm) in reply to sacaniga

    just bought a can of cali. theres been a lot around here lately
     
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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 9:59pm) in reply to kidrockin

    fuck this damn country. First pokerstars and now medical marijuana.
  10. FenwayKing FenwayKing is offline The Well: FenwayKing

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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 9:59pm) in reply to AMARTIN1181

    america, land of the free, home of the brave

    yup
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  11. Mr. Smith Mr. Smith is offline

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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 9:59pm) in reply to FenwayKing

    For years one of the main arguments against dispenseries in LA was that they were magnets for criminal activity. Then the Rand corp published a preliminary study showing that crime had not increased around dispenseries.

    The Feds have had a hard on for Cali pot for years; its a long sordid story.
  12. HeyNiceAscot HeyNiceAscot is offline

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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 10:00pm) in reply to Mr. Smith

    So where are we supposed to get our weed now? I don't like drug dealers.

    Edit: And in all honesty, I don't even know a single drug dealer...
    Edited By: HeyNiceAscot Oct 6th, 2011 at 10:02 PM
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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 10:01pm) in reply to HeyNiceAscot

    Again, I am pro-drug. However, it's getting out of control, much like painkillers in Florida. These shops are providing for much more than those in medical need.
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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 10:05pm) in reply to Mr. Blonde

    45 days is about right for the peeps currently on the bloom cycle. pretty considerate of the feds to allow crops to finish up.


    u cant triple stamp a double stamp, lloyd.
    Edited By: tdk Oct 6th, 2011 at 10:12 PM
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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 10:07pm) in reply to tdk

    Umm...I thought Obama was pro-weed? Why is he directing the DOJ to target specific dispensaries?
     
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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 10:09pm) in reply to gamma21

    Well there goes any chance California had of balancing its budget.
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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 10:10pm) in reply to SpankyHamm

     
    Originally Posted by SpankyHamm View Post

    So are the targeting specific dispensaries or all of them?


    From the OP it says 16 of them, so apparently just a few specific ones...but still, this is some bullshit

    edit: also, this and the Black Friday crackdown have me really questioning my ambition to become an AUSA...do US attorneys really have nothing better to do than go after medical marijuana and online poker???
    Edited By: Lord Supremo Oct 6th, 2011 at 10:13 PM
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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 10:12pm) in reply to Lord Supremo

    That's what I read too Superemo. Could be that there were specific Federal violations (much like the pain clinics in Florida). They may not be stopping it all, just a handful of "chronic" violators.
    Edited By: SpankyHamm Oct 6th, 2011 at 10:13 PM
     
  19. XquiziVex XquiziVex is offline

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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 10:16pm) in reply to SpankyHamm

    "The state's four U.S. attorneys sent letters Wednesday and Thursday notifying at least 16 pot shops or their landlords that they are violating federal drug laws, even though medical marijuana is legal in California."

    Bolded the key words in the article. At least 16 means they probably notified all of them, but only 16 were motivated enough to check the mail today.
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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 10:16pm) in reply to XquiziVex

    occupycalifornia
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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 10:19pm) in reply to rucka

    just visited my buddy in LA in August too... was thinking how much appeal Cali had gained... now this.

     
    Originally Posted by rucka View Post

    occupycalifornia

    gonna be some angry potheads.... should be some serious protests/civil disobedience/etc upcoming...
     
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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 10:19pm) in reply to resilient

    Hope and change.
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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 10:43pm) in reply to tekiller

    Fuck this and them

    Don't tread on me (them)
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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 10:44pm) in reply to tommpat2000

    What a waste of money.
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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 10:47pm) in reply to resilient

     
    Originally Posted by resilient View Post

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    gonna be some angry potheads.... should be some serious protests/civil disobedience/etc upcoming...

    I'm sure they'll organize a protest, but then get high, forget about it and then spend the rest of the afternoon eating funions trying to remember what they had to do that day.
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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 10:51pm) in reply to tkeat1653

    Some more of that hope and change
     
  27. Willywoo Willywoo is offline

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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 10:53pm) in reply to 36crazyfists

    "Holder said he made a decision early on that the scarce federal resources would not be used in going after the people who used marijuana according to their state's laws.

    "To treat chronic illnesses, to alive pain from live-ending illnesses, but made clear that we were not going to allow those laws to be used in a way to cover activity that was criminal in nature," Holder said."

    Eric Holder February 9, 2011

    lol Never said he wouldn't go after the dispensaries



    http://www.kpax.com/news/u-s-attorne...-local-issues/
    Edited By: Willywoo Oct 6th, 2011 at 10:54 PM
  28. cmval cmval is online now

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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 10:54pm) in reply to Willywoo

    Fucking stupid. US Govt get your shit together...this is what they are doing when people need jobs and we have economic struggle? They just go after more people and strip more civil libertys.
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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 10:55pm) in reply to cmval

    sounds about right for this great free country we live in
  30. Mikey Babes Mikey Babes is offline tuna, cottage cheese and mayo

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    Oct 6th, 2011 (10/6/2011 10:57pm) in reply to thereraise

    Just why?
    Edited By: Mikey Babes Oct 6th, 2011 at 10:58 PM
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