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Old 10-06-2011, 05:52 PM
 
Location: NJ
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal prosecutors have launched a crackdown on pot dispensaries in California, warning the stores they must shut down in 45 days or face criminal charges and confiscation of their property even if they are operating legally under the state's 15-year-old medical marijuana law.
In an escalation of the ongoing conflict between the U.S. government and the nation's burgeoning medical marijuana industry, California'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 scheduled to announce their coordinated crackdown at a Friday news conference.
Their offices refused to confirm the closure orders. The Associated Press obtained copies of the letters that a prosecutor sent to 12 San Diego dispensaries. They state that federal law "takes precedence over state law and applies regardless of the particular uses for which a dispensary is selling and distributing marijuana."
"Under United States law, a dispensary's operations involving sales and distribution of marijuana are illegal and subject to criminal prosecution and civil enforcement actions," letters signed by U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy in San Diego read. "Real and personal property involved in such operations are subject to seizure by and forfeiture to the United States ... regardless of the purported purpose of the dispensary."

APNewsBreak: Feds target pot dispensaries - Yahoo! News
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Old 10-07-2011, 04:48 AM
 
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That has been going on in California for as long as they've had dispensaries. I saw a show about it, they get shut down on a regular basis but then are allowed to re-open. It's a screwed up situation and the dispensary owners lose a lot of money due to it. That's why Christie asked for confirmation from the Feds that it wouldn't happen here before he began the process here.
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Old 10-07-2011, 08:03 AM
 
Location: West Orange, NJ
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That has been going on in California for as long as they've had dispensaries. I saw a show about it, they get shut down on a regular basis but then are allowed to re-open. It's a screwed up situation and the dispensary owners lose a lot of money due to it. That's why Christie asked for confirmation from the Feds that it wouldn't happen here before he began the process here.
the FEDS supposedly wouldn't be enforcing this under Obama. It's all a matter of what the Federal Government decides it wants to do that month. There is no such thing as confirmation from the Feds that it wouldn't happen, unless they change the law.
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Old 10-07-2011, 08:43 PM
 
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the FEDS supposedly wouldn't be enforcing this under Obama. It's all a matter of what the Federal Government decides it wants to do that month. There is no such thing as confirmation from the Feds that it wouldn't happen, unless they change the law.
Agreed. It is ridiculous.

Do these people not realize smoking pot is extremely common these days? Its not just hippies and college kids who smoke these days. It has gone mainstream.
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Old 10-10-2011, 07:42 PM
 
Location: Bergen County, NJ
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Out of the hands of the people... and back into the hands of those illegally growing it. Wise move, Fed...
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