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I personally do not use marijuana or any mind altering substance if I

can help it, but I do believe that people who are sick should have the

right to use medicinal marijuana and especially so if it has been

approved by voters in each state. F.

 

 

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Feds Begin Crackdown Against Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

B07018 / Fri, 24 Jun 2005 16:00:27 / War on Drugs

 

With all three branches of the U.S. Government acting in unison to

prosecute medical marijuana patients, caregivers, and growers, the

Feds make their move hard and fast.

 

Surely, as the sun will set tonight in the west, sick people that

depend on cannabis's unique all natural healing properties will die

without the medicine guaranteed to them by their state laws.

 

I can just see drug czar John Walters now, preparing his troops for

battle :

 

Agents, we have the blessing of the american people on this. Let the

attacks begin. And remember agents….show no compassion; show no mercy.

Do what must be done.

 

 

It's not an attack on medical marijuana. This is an organized crime

group that is using the whole pot club thing as a front.— DEA Agent

 

June 24, 2005 – San Francisco, CA, USA

 

Republished from NORML.org

 

San Francisco, CA: On Wednesday, June 22, the Drug Enforcement

Administration (DEA) and other federal agencies raided three medical

marijuana dispensaries in San Francisco. Apparently more than 20

residences, businesses and cultivation sites were searched and at

least 13 individuals were arrested.

 

In a separate and ongoing investigation, a federal grand jury in

Sacramento indicted Marion (Mollie) Fry, MD and her husband Dale

Shafer, Esq. of Cool. They were arrested at their home, charged and

have pleaded not guilty in federal court to charges of distributing

and manufacturing at least 100 marijuana plants. Both Dr. Fry and her

husband Dale have been speakers at recent NORML conferences in California.

 

The New York Times reports that the raids and arrests were the first

large-scale actions against medical marijuana clubs and providers

since the Supreme Court upheld federal authority over marijuana on

June 6. The Times coverage captures what may be an ominous change in

federal law enforcement policy. According to Gordon Taylor, special

agent from the Sacramento office of the DEA: " We will not turn a blind

eye to serious and flagrant disregard for federal law. There may be

those who think we can disregard the court and Congress. DEA will not

be among them. "

 

" One fears this is the beginning of a massive federal crackdown to

close the medical marijuana dispensaries currently serving

California's patient community; one hopes that common sense will yet

prevail, and the tens of thousands of medical marijuana patients in

California will not be forced to search for their medicine on the

black market, " said NORML Legal Counsel Keith Stroup. " This looks as

if the federal law enforcement officials may have misconstrued the

Raich/Monson decision as a mandate to treat patients and their

providers as criminals. "

 

A spokesperson for the San Francisco Police Department, Sgt. Neville

Gittens, said in a statement that its officers " did not take part in

any investigation of these clubs or take any law enforcement action

against these clubs. " A spokesperson for San Francisco Mayor Gavin

Newsom said that federal investigations reinforced the importance of

" trying to protect the legitimate uses of medicinal marijuana in the

state. "

 

For more information about the state of medical marijuana laws

post-Raich, please visit:

http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6550

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