Reply #12: That is what it's going to have to come down to....

[High Plains]

The federal government will simply not let Californians live with the laws for which they voted. I imagine indictments will come down soon (although the feds may be content just to have fucked-up those dispensaries) and the operators will be facing federal marijuana distribution charges. They won't be allowed to even mention medical marijuana during their trials, if past rulings are any indication. That means there needs to be massive public education of the potential jury pool about what's really going on, and what people's rights as jury members are.

There is also the matter of local complicity. From the initial reports, it sounds like local police agencies were involved. It seems like the voters of San Diego might want to hold their officials to account on this, maybe pass an ordinance barring any further police department cooperation with the feds on drug investigations until the feds promise to butt out.