DEA Raids Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

[LdyLunatic]

SAN DIEGO -- Raids began Monday afternoon against several medical marijuana dispensaries in San Diego. Authorities swooped down on locations where pot is sold in violation
of federal law, which is at odds with state law. Federal law supercedes state law, and the debate over using marijuana
to combat pain has reached the U.S. Supreme Court. Ten states allow it, including California, but the high court ruled
this summer that the government can prosecute seriously ill patients who smoke pot.

Monday's series of raids city-wide netted jars of marijuana and packages of hashish destined for sale to people suffering from cancer, AIDS and auto accidents. The net stretched from the beach community to the inner city. "The message is clear -- marijuana is against the law. The DEA has an obligation (and) we take our role very seriously," said John Fernandes, with the Drug Enforcement Agency. Patients and supporters of medical marijuana are up in arms and planning protests.

"Some people have cancer -- (it's) not fair when all we want to do is get help," said medical marijuana user Cole, who didn't give his full name. "At least we now know what we're up against, and we can get on with solving problems of not being able to access medicine under federal law," said Barbara MacKenzie. A total of 14 locations were raided Monday across the county. Plants, processed marijuana and financial records were seized.

[zamboni driver]

awful aint it?
i think thats kinda old
if me memory serves me right the dea moved up across northern cali and raided a few...hopenet was one
it all seems pretty random the way they single out certain clubs
Taxes maybe?

[Cranky]

yep..and its all the reason why we goto stick together..;)


cranky

[thaistick]

This is just too sad. I happen to be a MMJ patient and have seen what things like this can do to patients. I personally had a friend who was using cannibas for many years medically, and when the garden she recieved her blend of MMJ from was raided, her hope was lost. She could not afford the amount of meds she needed, and was then hospitalized. MMJ Brought her out of a wheel chair and back into the world. If it wasnt for MMJ, she would not have had the few years of joy she did. It's sad what is going on. Patients, who don't need to be arrested, or caregivers, who don't need to be arrested... It's not right. In fact, considering they were sending out 300 joints every 25 days to 13 patients, then 8, then 7, (big brother that is), from 1982-2004 or 2005 sometime. However, they won't let it happen on a state level. It's just, not right.

[wakka]

I live in so cal, and sine they have started raiding clubs, the relaxed atmosphere in a lot of them is gone. it seems like the clones are getting a little less robust too. the first few times we got clones, the people working the clones were very knowledgeable and the clones were well treated.

in the last few months, my wife and I knew more about what they had then they did. the last clones I got? the rockwool was dry. I mean even in the tray they were dry. no water at all to keep them moist.

I still print up stickers and stick them around town.

[Chronic007]

Makes me sick!

[tHEaNIMICnEEDLE]

yeah out of all the clubs

San Diego has the worst anti- pot conservative authorities

more than willing to work with feds

only real cool places so far happen to be west/north hollywood and the San Fernado Valley

humboldt never gets touched and i know San Fransico/Saccremento/oakland all are subject every once ina while but usually because of taxes or other illegal things, like this one club in San Fran was running extascy as well as laundering money with a pot club front

even one in LA was busted for taxes and illegal activities

hmmm

just keep growing your own

[TheStickiestofTheIcky]

what they don't tell you is that 9/10 of the clubs in SD are run by crooked, greedy, "weed thugs". The whole thing is pretty much BS and the 1% of "actual" med. users are the only one's gettin' screwed around by these idiots that run the places.

[tHEaNIMICnEEDLE]

THATS TRUE^^^


I remember seeing the owners of some clubs driving ferraris and porsche trucks.... i mean come on?

charge 100 bucks an 1/8th so you can buy a friggin sports car

and to think the police harrased me for having a scale- making sure i get my f**kin 100$ worth

sorry for my language i just hate the situation of hypocrisy....

:mad:

[TheStickiestofTheIcky]

Yeah, it really is ridiculous, I don't support the medical movement around here one bit just for that reason, the real medical users know where to get it for a good price or free without having to deal with these people.

A 25 year old, perfectly healthy kid sitting at the front desk smoking a vaporizer, blaring gangsta rap, charging way too much and winking at you as he tells you about his "back problems", for shame.

The way I see it it's worse to build the whole legalization movement on BS than to have it at all.

[StoninStanley]

The way I see it it's worse to build the whole legalization movement on BS than to have it at all.

well put.

[tHEaNIMICnEEDLE]

yeah it is sad

at one dispensery that closed there was a pornstar whippin out hundreds and gabbing about how sore she is all day

ugh

[TheStickiestofTheIcky]

Yeah, it's too bad, the lame get richer and the sick get sicker.

[high2dsky]

:mad: yep..and its all the reason why we goto stick together..;)


cranky

what he said. its a damn shame articles like this keep popping up because of what the DEA is doing. they get on my last fukin nerve.:mad:

[Hewigu]

Too early...

[tHEaNIMICnEEDLE]

JUST REGULATE THE WEED

its already there in the streets, now in the legit store fronts

come on, when will the gov't regulate what is apparent and openly there?

[wakka]

the real medical users know where to get it for a good price or free without having to deal with these people.that's not necessarily true. I'm a real medical patient, and I don't know anybody, other than friends and fellow medical patients that will help with some meds now and then.

if you know somebody in the san bernardino area that is wonderfully generous, I'd love to meet them. or even cheap would be great.

I don't mind someone making a profit, nothing wrong with that at all. but gouging the sick put them right in the same category of pharmaceutical companies that do the same thing. not to mention shedding a bad light on the medical marijuana movement.

if you aren't helping me, you're hurting me.