Medical Marijuana Support Community Group
For people looking for other medical marijuana patients and for information regarding medical marijuana. Although it is NOT necessary to be a current patient. to become a member. All that are looking for a place a ask questions and hopefully get answers are welcome.. WE DO NOT ENCOURAGE ILLEGAL USE OF MMJ, but we also respect the rights of the individual members to make...
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/10/06/20111006california-pot-shops-targeted-for-closure-feds.html
>>>SAN FRANCISCO - Federal prosecutors have launched a crackdown on some pot dispensaries in California, warning the stores that 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, at least 16 pot shops or their landlords received letters this week stating they are violating federal drug laws, even though medical marijuana is legal in California. The state's four U.S. attorneys are scheduled to announce a broader 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 at least 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."
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I'd suggest reading what you post carefully before spreading more rumors. I'll be leaving this two-bit group.
Sorry about that!
I know what I'm saying as I have friends in the industry and the goal is to shut them all down. They are starting with some that have been blatantly operating illegally by making a profit but the word through the business is this is only the start of shutting them all down.
incedentally, ron paul wants to make it legal nationwide...