California pot dispensary raided
By micro99 at 27 March, 2009, 4:33 pm
A California medical marijuana dispensary was raided this week only days after Attorney General Eric Holder announced a change in the enforcement of federal drug laws on the facilities.
On Wednesday Drug Enforcement Administration agents raided a San Francisco medical marijuana dispensary, leaving the storefront with marijuana plants and equipment used in the cultivation of the drug.
Last week Holder announced that raids would only be conducted if it was discovered that dispensaries were breaking federal and state laws and according to DEA agent Anthony Williams, that was the case in this week’s raid.
“Based on our investigation, we believe there are not only violations of federal law, but state law as well,” Williams said following the bust.
California assembly member Tom Ammiano, who has proposed a bill legalizing marijuana in the state says the most recent raid is part of a dispute between the DEA and the Obama administration.
“[The DEA is] obviously [trying] to flex their muscles, probably to have a showdown with the Obama administration,” Ammiano told the San Francisco Bay Guardian. “The dispensaries are going to be in the crosshairs of this struggle.”
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