SKUM:BUCKET Posted September 12, 2009 Author Share Posted September 12, 2009 Hre's a prime example..... DISSCUSION OPEN AGAIN................... Medical marijuana dispensaries raided around San Diego region By Kristina Davis Union-Tribune Staff Writer 9:08 p.m. September 9, 2009 Law enforcement officers raided an unknown number of medical marijuana dispensaries around the San Diego region Wednesday, authorities said. The District Attorney's Office, which is heading the multi-agency operation, declined to give further details, saying more information would be released Thursday. Word of the raids began spreading about noon Wednesday with reports of armed officers from San Diego police, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, and other agencies bursting into dispensaries or collectives. Raids were reported at a handful of dispensaries, including Pacific Beach Collective on Turquoise Street, Green Kross Collective on Mission Boulevard and Hillcrest Compassion Care on University Boulevard. Late Wednesday, a red sign in front of Pacific Beach Collective read: “This location has been involved in the trafficking of illegal narcotics. Criminal prosecution is pending.” It was unclear how many people were arrested or what charges they faced. Calls to numerous dispensaries were unanswered Wednesday. Thomas Carpentier, a 50-year-old patient from La Jolla who struggles with arthritis, tried to buy medicinal pot from two dispensaries Wednesday but found them closed. “These guys were trying to run a straight shop all the time,” Carpentier said while standing in front of Pacific Beach Collective. “They did everything right.” The raids shook the medical marijuana community and prompted angry responses. Don Duncan, California director for Americans for Safe Access, said in a statement: “Not only does the federal government have no place helping to enforce state and local medical marijuana laws, local officials must regulate medical marijuana and enforce those laws with civil actions, not with the barrel of a gun.” Although marijuana is illegal under federal law, state law permits its use, as long as a doctor recommends it. The coordinated raids came a day after the San Diego City Council voted to create a citizen task force to study how to better regulate the dispensaries. As requests have popped up around the county to open such facilities, several cities have responded by banning dispensaries or enacting a moratorium. Only nine dispensaries are officially licensed by the city of San Diego, but Pacific Beach resident Scott Chipman of SavePB.org says 60 are operating. He has been working with the city to close the dispensaries, saying they are for-profit, which is against state regulations. “These are in every single person's neighborhood,” Chipman said Wednesday. “They are all over the city.” Dr. Bob Blake, director of Medical Marijuana of San Diego, suspects many of the dispensaries were lulled into a false sense of security when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a San Diego County case and put the issue back in the hands of the state. “I think it's a tremendous step backward for medical marijuana patients of San Diego County,” Blake said. Staff writer Jose Luis Jiménez contributed to this report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKUM:BUCKET Posted September 12, 2009 Author Share Posted September 12, 2009 SAN DIEGO -- Thirty-one people were arrested during raids at 14 medical marijuana dispensaries in San Diego County, effectively shutting down the storefronts, authorities announced Thursday. The raids culminated a five-month state and federal undercover operation that targeted people illegally selling the drug at the so-called medical marijuana collaboratives, said District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis. No medical marijuana patients were arrested in the undercover sting on Wednesday, Dumanis said. "Let me be clear from the start. This investigation has nothing to do with legitimate medical marijuana patients or their caregivers," Dumanis told reporters. "The investigation to date shows these so-called businesses are not legal. They appear to be run by drug dealers who see an opening in the market in a way to make a fast buck." Twenty-three people were taken into custody in the city of San Diego, and eight in North County, authorities said. Dumanis said most of those arrested will be prosecuted in state court, with two people charged in federal court. An estimated 60 medical marijuana dispensaries are now operating in San Diego County, under the guise of helping people who are sick, Dumanis said. "We're not fooled and the public shouldn't be fooled either," the county's top prosecutor said. "The state's medical marijuana law and the Attorney General's written guidelines about medical marijuana do not allow the selling of marijuana for profit ... to anyone." More than $70,000 in cash was seized during the raids, according to Dumanis, who said more than $700,000 worth of marijuana was sold over the last six months at one San Diego location alone. People who need medical marijuana in the city of San Diego can grow up to 24 plants legally or have their caregiver grow up to 48 plants for them, said San Diego police Chief William Lansdowne. Patients must have a recommendation from their physician to use marijuana to treat their ailments, authorities said. "You don't need a cooperative. You can grow it," Dumanis said, adding patients have a legitimate concern because the drug is difficult to get. In one small Pacific Beach neighborhood, there are five medical marijuana storefronts within a few blocks of each other, Dumanis said. "In fact, in that particular neighborhood of Pacific Beach, it's easier to find some place to buy marijuana than it is to find a Starbucks to buy a latte," she said. The number of medical marijuana dispensaries went up recently, in the wake of San Diego County's failed attempt to overturn the state's 1996 medical marijuana law and U.S. Attorney Eric Holder's directive that federal agents will only target medical marijuana storefronts when operators violate both state and federal laws. ONCE AGAIN....................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shai Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 "You don't need a cooperative. You can grow it," Dumanis said, adding patients have a legitimate concern because the plant is difficult to grow if you're bedridden or in a wheelchair. That's better. "In fact, in that particular neighborhood of Pacific Beach, it's easier to find some place to buy marijuana than it is to find a Starbucks to buy a latte," she said. So what's wrong with that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rice eyes Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 if i lived in cali, i wouldnt get shit accomplished.. This! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetPeep Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Where's the weed? "Before a 2007 moratorium, the city of Los Angeles had issued 186 medical marijuana dispensary licenses. Since the moratorium, nearly 800 applications for hardship exemptions have been filed. A proposed Los Angeles city ordinance would prohibit dispensaries within 1,000 feet of a school, library or park. A Times analysis found that at least 260 of the addresses on file with the city clerk would be within a restricted zone..." - Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/la-me-dispensaries-i,0,7330599.htmlstory Check out the interactive map above. You can type in your zip code and it will locate the nearest dispensary in your area. They are popping up all over Los Angeles. There are doctors here that strictly prescribe marijuana (easy money) and I don't know any pothead that doesn't have a medical card nowadays. Word on the street is you can get a card now for about $100. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shai Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 It's anywhere from $120 to $150. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl_Hungus Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 I used to be all about the clubs but after having dealt with them on a business level for a while I'm pretty discouraged...the clubs are about three things- money, money, and more money. All that shit about "We're doing this as a community service to help sick people" is a crock 99% of the time. I am 100% for medical marijuana but the clubs really aren't that much different than a quasi-legal dope dealer. Oh wait, that's exactly what they are, so they might as well just admit it. ayo. thats whatsup... ^^ Overall, MM is complete bullshit. Yes, it does give anyone with a heartbeat and $50 a "legal reason" to smoke trees but you're basically paying for the 'doctor's recommendation'. Drs can't actually Rx it, they can only recommend it. Its a HUGE legal loophole that relieves them from a LOT of responsibility/HIPPA regulations. From there it's like you're a kid in a candy store. Every strain you ever heard of, even bullshit "edibles" such as gum, sodas of every flavor, pastries, pills, butter, honey, 'gan-gesto pesto' and pretty much anything else you can imagine. According to Senate Bill AB420 (<--- no joke) a dispensary/weed shop/co-op must operate as a non-profit. REAL TALK: this means paychecks get fatter, lunches get more expensive and company cars get paid off. Folks involved in this industry are sharp...actually, CERTAIN folks in the industry are sharp. Believe me, the smart dispensary owners know the game they gotta play to peddle trees legally. Even if it means having a real sick/terminal customer speak on the evening news ....for a free 8th ...off camera of course... :D /bumpoldthreadsoner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a kid growin up Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Legalize the herb. All you cats in California need to vote. http://www.taxcannabis.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl_Hungus Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 i'm definitely gonna vote on that. in my crew, its a 50-50 shot. i know a lot of folks in Mendo & Humboldt are not happy about it. Either way, hustlers gon' hustle... and 'baters gon' 'bate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyOTorres Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 I think Obama said he's putting a stop to the feds raiding the Cali dispensaries. Are they still getting raided? not that i know of i live in san jose and we have a shitload that have just opened a few closed but that was due to other circumstances Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUSK Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 It makes the government too much money each year by keeping all drugs illlegal.So that's never going to change, the least is marijuana will become legal, in some ways, but there will be restrictions such as school zone and medical use, blah blah blah. When i was locked up a couple years ago dude in my cell was telling me who got popped for a gram, after all said and done, and court fee's lawyer, ended up spending a little over 2,000 for a 20 dollar bag of weed. So you tell me that in itself is a worse idea to be doing for the sake of the government to make that shit legal. I'd say NO. What most of the real world idiots don't know is what the goverment takes from seizures,raids,small arrests. Is petty cash,valuables,houses,cars,pretty much anything and everything that is of value,They turn it over and sell it or take it. If drugs were legal there would be no raids,stings, for them to take whatever the fuck they want. The government is the drug dealer. They are also the cop that arrests you for buying the drugs they braught in.There is too much money out there to keep it illegal, then to go through the trouble of making it legal.There will be small opportunities of hope, like massachusetts with the legalization of "less than a oz, no jail time just ticket".Then they actually have to make it a bill and pass it, which will never happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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