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Fascist Storm Troopers Attack 13 Medical Dispensaries in San Diego
(Associated Press, 12 December 2005)
Federal goons raided 13 San Diego-area marijuana dispensaries on Monday, seizing large quantities of the drug, computers and records in one of the largest crackdowns of its kind in California. . . . Authorities executed warrants at 11 dispensaries in San Diego and two in the northern suburb of San Marcos as well as the home of one of the shops' owners, said John Fernandes, special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration. . . . Steph Sherer of the medical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access called the raids outrageous and a cowardly act of an administration that was out of touch with voters. Medical marijuana advocates planned to protest the raids Tuesday outside San Diego's federal courthouse. . . . In 1996, California voters passed Proposition 215, which decriminalized the use of medical marijuana under state law. However, under federal law, it is illegal to use marijuana even for medical purposes. . . . DEA agents treated the dispensaries as they would any other criminal narcotics operation, seizing computers and other records to get an inside picture of how the dispensaries operated, where they obtained their marijuana and how profits were distributed, he said. . . . Last month, San Diego County became the first county in California to defy a state-ordered medical marijuana identification card and registry program. The fascist county supervisors ignored a warning from their own attorneys that the action would lead to costly litigation.

posted by LoZo 10:14 AM