DEA Raids Local Pot Shop - Feds say outfits like this one were being supplied by the mob

[Kadie]

So far this Poll is 73% No. On edit... Now it is down to 69%.


Sep 26, 2007 6:46 pm US/Pacific

Protesters Gather After DEA Raids Local Pot Shop

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Poll
Do You Think The Fed. Government Should Overrule Calif. Medical Marijauna Law?

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(CBS13) Protests rise after federal agents raid another local medical marijuana facility.

"Hopefully it sends a message that 'hey you're violating federal law and you could go to prison for a very long time'," said Gordon Taylor, DEA.

"They put the employees that were inside down on the ground and mistreated them as police usually do," said employee Kim Stabnau.

Open for the last three years, the River Patient Care Center was operating was legal under state law but not federal.

Gina Brotherton, a patient who paid $60 for her prescription, got her medical marijuana from River Patient Care.

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Feds say outfits like this one were being supplied by the mob.

"Now you have organized groups have entered the marijuana industry and that's unacceptable for a lot of people," said Taylor.

more...
http://cbs13.com/topstories/local_story_269215141.html

[Mythsaje]

1. The DEA is the largest collection of dicks and shitheads

IN our government.

Organized crime with a badge.

[LunaSea]

2. unacceptable for a lot of people...

Like certain families and three-letter organizations who consider it "their" domain.
Gotta love that phrase "marijuana industry"....love to be downwind from THAT factory.

[tridim]

3. And the one way to get crime out of the marijuana trade?

Let people grow it, and LEAVE US THE FUCK ALONE!

[tyedyeto]

4. 77% so far, think it should be left to the state to decide....

medical marijuana laws.

[porphyrian]

5. We need to legalize it on the federal level. - n/t