Feds target 71 medical marijuana dispensaries in L.A. County

[Comrade Grumpy]

28. That is unadulterated horse shit.

You mean like the Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana, the oldest dispensary in the state, operating in full compliance with state law and with the support of local officials? Run out of business by the feds through threats of asset forfeiture and prosecution.

You mean like Oaksterdam University, which wasn't even a dispensary? Again fully permitted, paying taxes to the city of Oakland and the state of California. Run out of business after raids by DEA goons.

I will grant you one thing: state law is unclear about whether sales are permitted. There are cases before the state Supreme Court that should settle it. In the meantime, some recalcitrant local sheriffs and prosecutors do argue that any sales are contrary to state law, but most don't. LA prosecutor Cooley is one of the reactionaries.

The feds have been up to the same shit in other medical marijuana states, too. The dispensaries forced to shut down in Colorado were unquestionably not violating state law. Ditto for the Montana dispensaries raided in March 2011. One of those dispensary operators, a sick 68-year-old man, Richard Flor, died in federal prison last month.