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MyNameIsRoss
09/11/09, 02:51 PM
http://stash.norml.org/multiple-raids-on-collectives-and-dispensaries-in-san-diego#comments


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“What I’m not going to be doing is using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws on [medical marijuana]…” – Barack Obama, May 2008


“What the President said during the campaign [about ending raids] … is now American policy.”- Attorney General Eric Holder



Randy Wall is a 52-year-old AIDS patient and volunteer at Hillcrest Compassionate Care, one of the medical marijuana dispensaries raided today by the San Diego Police Department. Wall said he has been a member and a greeter for the store for a year, about as long as the place has been in business. Wall said they were preparing to shoot a TV commercial at about 11:30 a.m. when police arrived. Wall had been cleaning a back office.
“When I walked out, we heard the cops were coming, but we said, ‘Be cool, be cool,’” he said. “We thought they were going to check our permits. But there was like 20 cops with guns drawn and battering rams. We told them we would unlock the door if they gave us a second.”
“We said, ‘Hold on! Hold on! We’ll let you in,’ but they busted the door open,” he said. “Then they busted down another door that was locked. There was nothing in there; it’s a bedroom where someone sleeps. We have one person stay there; we have to have a security guard in there 24-hours a day.”
“It seems to me that everybody that worked there got arrested today. They handcuffed everyone—everybody that worked there was in handcuffs that I saw,” Wall said.

Praetor
09/11/09, 02:56 PM
Ridiculous.

saysmydoctor
09/11/09, 04:32 PM
Guess the DEA ignores executive orders.

MyNameIsRoss
09/11/09, 04:38 PM
That and "rogue cops" going against the will of the people. I guess the officers forgot who they are supposed to be serving. Hmm, maybe they should turn in their badges and guns?

neo506
09/11/09, 05:56 PM
That and "rogue cops" going against the will of the people. I guess the officers forgot who they are supposed to be serving. Hmm, maybe they should turn in their badges and guns?TURN IN THEIR GUNS?!?!?! That must mean that this is part of Obama's master plan to repeal the 2nd amendment!!!!!

MyNameIsRoss
09/11/09, 06:45 PM
Haha


But in all seriousness, this is in an extremely important issue.

AlkalineAshes
09/11/09, 06:53 PM
I now live in the most conservative county in california, where marijuana is still demonized. no dispensaries open yet in my town, and ya this shits gotta stop

konvalbr
09/11/09, 10:02 PM
Local police departments aren't federal. They don't have to follow policies the president implemented on federal departments. it's not that hard to understand.

MyNameIsRoss
09/11/09, 10:14 PM
DEA resources are obviously still being spent on this, because DEA took part in the raids... and the dispensaries were completely compliant with state law... I don't think you understand..

thursday727
09/11/09, 10:18 PM
Local police departments aren't federal. They don't have to follow policies the president implemented on federal departments. it's not that hard to understand.
dispensaries are legal in the state of california so the police cannot raid them.
Idiot.

ghostyouare
09/12/09, 06:09 AM
Local police departments aren't federal. They don't have to follow policies the president implemented on federal departments. it's not that hard to understand.
Whats more amazing is that people dont seem to understand a random stray quote from 2008 isnt exactly an executive order.

Manicapathy
09/12/09, 06:20 AM
http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/061808/legalize-books.gif

MyNameIsRoss
09/12/09, 08:41 AM
Whats more amazing is that people dont seem to understand a random stray quote from 2008 isnt exactly an executive order.


Did you read the Holder quote?

B-Bones
09/12/09, 10:51 AM
Dear Lord. As a medical patient, this makes me VERY ANGRY.

eleven eleven
09/12/09, 10:53 AM
Fuck, that is so stupid.

Why is it illegal, again?

i tend to forget.

Robototron
09/12/09, 11:14 AM
I read that title as DFA and got really confused at first.

Neo Cassady
09/12/09, 11:41 AM
I still cannot fathom this country's obsession with pot as a criminal issue. The DEA (and everyone else) needs to stop worrying about people doing whatever with plants (except maybe the tax revenue they're losing), and needs to focus on things like heroin cartels and meth labs.

MyNameIsRoss
09/12/09, 12:09 PM
Arresting a healthy person like me for possession is fucking stupid as hell, but to take the medicine out of the hands of people in pain and suffering is a whole other level of fucked up.

wesgemm08
09/12/09, 12:29 PM
... So the San Diego Police Department is now part of the DEA..

MyNameIsRoss
09/12/09, 01:13 PM
... So the San Diego Police Department is now part of the DEA..

If you would have read the article you would know that DEA were involved as well...

but you guys are missing the point, these places are legal, they have permits, they follow the regulation set in place, and they still get shut down. the cops don't have the right to do that because they aren't breaking any state laws. and since the Obama administration, the DEA and other federal agencies aren't supposed to get involved with this. the situation has improved quite a bit, but the raids still occur, it's complete bullshit, and it needs to stop now.

MyNameIsRoss
09/20/09, 06:36 PM
My threads never take off, fuck!

mrzippo3
09/20/09, 07:02 PM
Such a waste of resources and tax payer dollars