More local raids on California medical marijuana providers
Several San Diego-area medical marijuana collectives were raided today in a county-wide sweep apparently coordinated by the district attorney’s office. It’s unclear at this time whether or not any arrests have been made or exactly what — if any — state law violations are being alleged in these cases.
Given San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis’ dismal record of circumventing California’s medical marijuana laws and prosecuting patients, this recent action is unfortunately not very surprising. MPP is continuing to keep a close watch on the situation in San Diego; we’ll provide an update if more relevant information becomes available.
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i guess the only thing we can do is wait to see why the raids were performed…….
We all know that no f’n state laws were broken. Someone needs to step up and prosecute the DA for violating state law. I don’t understand how this crap is allowed to happen. What a joke this country is becoming. Thanks for the change Obama! Now give your balls a tug and stay true to your word. Absolutely infuriating.
DICTATORS, each and every one of them that shit on people who use cannabis.
IMPEACHMENT BITCH
The county has become a cesspool of curruption for many years. Someone owns San Diego County.
I blame Obama. He should be doing something to stop this crap.
This is an outrage! What will happen now to all those patients without medicine in San Diego? I guess they’ll have the drive up to LA to get the medicine.
We hope no arrests were made and that the co-ops and collectives will get back on their feet soon.
San Diego patients, their families and their friends who support them need to start making A LOT OF NOISE there in order to change things around. Don’t get sad, get mad!
You would think of all those drugs they have coming in from Mexico they would have bigger fish to fry than these medical patients and their caregivers, for a harmless plant. Seems like San Diego has more money than the rest of the state to waste on discriminating against medical patients.
fuck the dea, they are a rouge agency operating on our dime. ca step up and put an end to the tyranny
This issue is bullshit and should no longer be an issue. I want to recall my vote on Mr Obama. I remember watching a town hall meeting with Mr John McCain giving his stances on certain issues, and during the meeting, a woman whom happened to be a parapalegic asked McCain how he would vote and/or treat patients that need medical MJ. He wouldnt even look at the woman after the word MARIJUANA came out of her mouth. I also remember when Mr Obama was asked about himself smoking pot and he did what I would have said and said ” yes, and I inhaled, cause thats what the purpose of smoking marijuana is.”
Now, since we the people have power over our Congress, we need to put our power into effect and get this asshole out of the presidency. We need to have a new election really. John McCain is a low life piece of work and Mr Obama is not far from him (only reason McCain is a little better is the fact that he fought in Vietnam). I want to know how Mr Obama thinks that he is gonna run this country with 25,000,000 voters smoking pot going against him, 10,000,000 against his Health care plan, and another 10,000,000 against him for other general purposes.
WE THE PEOPLE will prevail in this. We must continue our quest for full legalization at a federal level or none of these raids will stop. If Obama does change his view and stop having the DEA raid the MMJ dispenseries, the next asshole that gets into office will change over Obama;s policies just like back in the 70’s when MMJ was accepted too, then reversed thanks to (I think) Regan.
Ya know, I went against some of my beliefs, I have never voted Democrat, and I also pissed off my parents by voting Mr Obama into office. I did it cause I know that legalization of Pot will turn this country into a peaceful and wealthy country. Now I understand that until there is no government, no wal-street, and no big money, there will not be freedom. Lower class and lower middle class have a big fight on their hands. Sorry thing is, its not a foreign enemy, it might be your neighbor, or even better, your boss!
I know that I will not ever vote for another Democrat. And honestly, I dont know if Ill vote Republican. Green Party needs another Ross Perol…or maybe a Dr. Ron Paul??????? HINT HINT
we got to arm ourselves and confront the dea at the time. we will not take this shit. we will defend our Constitution against these enemies of it that now rule on our soil. Spill my blood for it!!!!
The rhetoric about violence as a solution to this problem is off the mark and only feeds the prohibitionist cliche that mj is supported by “bad” people. If we don’t like our government, we can change it every few years at the ballot; it doesn’t take guns and violence.
I think the biggest challenge is to come up with a solution that appeals to a broader part of the voting public and our elected officials. That’s why I routinely post the concept of a Personal Use and Cultivation Permit. At $100 per year for a dozen plants (split 50-50 between the State and the Fed), it puts money into the public treasury (A Billion dollars a year, assuming 10 Million people purchased the permit), so that’s an incentive for the cash-strapped governments. It would also cripple the drug cartels and get the illegal growers out of the National Forests.
There needs to be a plan beyond just “MJ should be legal because… blah blah blah.” Those blahs are usually pretty good reasons, but they’ve been said a thousand times to little or no effect.
It’s time for the interested community to get behind a cohesive, national plan, that has something in it for both the States and the Fed. I’m proposing a permit similar to a hunting or fishing permit. Other ideas need to be put forward as well, and they need to be distilled into a relatively stable, consistent message that can be expressed in terms of law.
Anybody else in favor of a Personal Use and Cultivation Permit?
We just need to continue to let our voices be heard eventually we will get through to the politicians or the masses will catch on and vote the prohibitionists out of office. Change takes time please be patient.
#12
Be patient? Tell that to the thousands of people who need relief NOW.
yea change takes time but thats possibly the biggest problem with our government. If the people want change, it takes months and even years to change but if the government wants change, it takes days or weeks.
Yes, change is overdue. Yes, change has been slow and is still too slow. There’s a lesson to be learned from the various civil rights movements: There needs to be a consistent message of “change to what?” Until recently, the prohibitionists were spinning the “legalize it already” message into a “kids buying it in candy stores” scenario. That spin has largely died out, as the legalize message has taken more of a “tax and regulate it like alcohol and tobacco” approach. The problem with the alcohol-and-tobacco model is that it maintains the “marijuana is dangerous” mentality, which feeds right into the “Does America need another dangerous drug being marketed by big business” argument. One of the great things about a personal use and cultivation permit is that there would be no “big business” promoting over use or addictive/habituated behavior; people would grow and use their own product. There would probably be some low-key sales between friends and neighbors, but with a 12 plant limit it would never get beyond the farmers-market level of sales, i.e., there would be no big corporate interests or millionaire drug lords. Let’s get this conversation going about a proactive plan; let’s get a message together that politicians can safely discuss with constituents. It’s time to move past the whining about the slow pace and put our energy into working the process.
I receieved a reply today from congressman Joe Sestak:
In part: “…That is why I support the States’ Rights to Medical Marijuana Act, which would remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act and make it available under federal law for medical use in states with medical marijuana programs. I also support the Steve McWilliams Truth in Trials Act, which would make it possible for defendants in federal court to reveal to juries that their marijuana activity was medically related and legal under state law.
That said, I can not support H.R. 2943 because I do not support non-medicinal use of marijuana. Contrary to my beliefs, the bill would prohibit the imposition of any penalty for the personal use or not-for-profit transfer between adults of 100 grams of marijuana and limits punishment for public use of marijuana to a maximum civil penalty of $100.
I do not believe that the legalization of marijuana is the solution to drug addiction and excessive penalties. It is our duty as a government to instill values of responsibility in our children, including advocating abstinence from drug use.”
“I do not believe that the legalization of marijuana is the solution to drug addiction and excessive penalties. It is our duty as a government to instill values of responsibility in our children, including advocating abstinence from drug use.”
What a bullshit argument.
First this doesn’t surprise me that San Diego is the culprit (they’ve tried to circumvent state law since 1996)….
This problem STOPS upon passage of HR2835. So ask yourself why in the world would this bill not pass?
The Republican Party will kill this bill just like they have in every session of congress recently. But why? They can talk about protecting the children all they want but that has nothing to do with THIS discussion. They are currently fighting against what they consider a Government Run Healthcare Plan because their core belief is that the Federal Government should not dictate to a doctor what the coarse of treatment for their patient should be. How is Medical Marijuana any different? We are only asking that a doctor and a patient be able to decide what is best for that patient given their set of circumstances.
September 9, 2009
Dear person:
Thank you for contacting me with your support for H.R. 2943, the Personal Use of Marijuana for Responsible Adults Act. I appreciate the opportunity to respond to you on this issue.
As you may be aware, marijuana is a Scheduled I substance under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970. Marijuana was placed in this most restricted category because it was found to have a high potential for abuse, has no currently accepted medical use in the U.S. and lacks accepted safety standards for use. As you know, the Personal Use of Marijuana for Responsible Adults Act would eliminate any penalties for the personal or not-for-profit use of marijuana. The act defines an individual’s marijuana possession of 100 grams or less as personal use, and the transfer of 1 ounce or less from one individual to another as not-for-profit.
While I appreciate your thoughts regarding this issue, I am not convinced that we should legalize a harmful substance because the laws prohibiting its use are not completely effective. There is no scientific evidence that marijuana is safe to use and, as the father of three, I believe allowing the use of marijuana sends the wrong message to our children that using this drug poses no risk and is harmless.
Rest assured that while we may disagree on this issue, I will keep your specific thoughts in mind. Again, thank you for contacting me. Should you have any further questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to let me know.
Sincerely,
Duncan Hunter
Member of Congress
Keep ASKING for freedom people! For that is all your doing…..ASKING!
These people dont care bout you , or your beliefs.
When the people say NO to something what happens? They go around you and anything in their way and do it anyway.
Look at the bills that have been passed in recent years. Loook! Health care ,cap and tax, stimulus….The fight foecannabis rights… Its all the same. They will go around the people in anyway they can to support their beliefs.They do as they please.
SOOO… Yes, keep asking for freedom… ask and recieve NOTHING!
Conservative, I think you should change your name to a liberal. Once again, I will ask you if you think the government is doing prohibition by not using violence? Do i need to have you look at the MPP homepage where ten or so individual’s pics are there because they were SHOT AND KILLED because the government showed soooo much remorse. Have you ever seen a civil rights movement without violence? Have you ever had to fight for your rights? Talking is not fighting. talking is talking. Congress is talking. Congress has an army. Do you think they wouldnt turn our men and women in the armed forces against us if they thought for a minute that their lively hood (i.e. MONEY) is at stake? Do you really think that this government gives a shit about you? Your opinion?
Oh, and as far as getting to change the way your government is ran every 2 or 4 years, can you please look up ALL the people running for office in the year 2010 or 2012 and tell me how many of them are for the legalization or even better, medical use. Probably about 15%, if that, are for anything dealing with reforming MJ laws. Now, really in a perfect government, they should adapt their views based on the popular vote, but let me ask you something, do you think that Mr President Obama lied to you about medical and decriminalizing MJ so that he would get elected? Cause if you dont then you need to look at the title to this blog section. Congress is a lie. Congessmen are crocks of shit. and if you think for a minute that they wouldnt order the US army to enact Marshall law just so they can get to you and destroy your little world, then I think you might have another thing coming. and as far as what Congress thinks about me, i.e. how they think all pot heads are “Bad”, i would personally stand in front of Obama and tell him to fuck off. I would work circles around his ass and still be able to go home, fuck my ol lady, smoke a bowl and eat me a bag of chips before he even got out the word “change”
and millions of people see my view so I must not have that messed up of a vantage point
kyle @ #19:
Do me a favor and write Duncan Hunter back and include a copy of his letter. Ask him to explain to you his comment about marijuana not being safe to use. Ask him to tell you the name of one person who has overdosed on marijuana. Send him a list a five people that died from alcohol poisoning in your city (you should be able to find this easily). Then ask him this:
You have voiced you opposition to any form of Government Healthcare during this recent round of debate on Healthcare reform. You have said that you oppose this legislation because it would put Goveernment between the patient and the doctor. Why is it then that you do not support HR2835 which would keep the Federal Governemt out of the decisions made between a doctor and a patient. I respect your point of view (although I may disagree) concerning HR2943 but can’t, for the life of me, understand how you can oppose Healthcare reform AND The Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act. The justification is the same: keep the Government out of the decisions a doctor makes with their patients. Please help me to understand your point of view!
San Diego is turning into Nazi Germany. Our own Gov. in Wa. is letting it heppen. I used to be proud to be american, Now I am ashamed. San Diego is not it’s own country. The Governator shoulde hold each and every PIG that did this in jail and let the med. mj. users decide when they should get something to eat or drink. I myself would let those FUCKS ROT!!!!
how can we get marijuana leailized? first we must figure out how to get all the goody-two shoes who hide in their closets for a quick toke to grow some balls and stand up for them-selves and their fellow citizens . if we piss-tested every-one in washington and all the state capitols the first day back from a long weekend how many do you think would fail this test? personally my bet would be a lot. but they have no problem telling everyone else they can`t smoke a little herb. for those that voted for the un-american who talks good i hope you are proud of what you helped do to your country becaude if you are listning and reading this country is ripe for a revolution which to some sounds cool but those who have seen what this can do to a country first hand know that isn`t in the best interest of our great nation. what we need to do is push for all government employees to be piss tested just like we do—and above all check the non-american imposter for cocain use–i really don`t think a coke head has any business with a red button….
Lanny #24, Obama can push the US armed forces on the American people, if he wants to see the Armed forces flip him the finger. The US armed forces are there to protect the people, not to fight against them. They wont take his side, they are people like us. and as far as bombs, that would be suicide.
jj#25—do you think osama would be above fabricating a situation so that he could justify declairing martial law? he and his czars hate our country and will do what thay deem necessary to implement their “change”. how do you think drug testing the politicans and staff would work? i think if they had to live by the laws they impose things would change..
I have severe back pain and I can tell you from experience that this works. Unfortunately I live in a state that does not allow medical marijuana. Now which do you think is more dangerous, heavy narcotics, or marijuana? These are my choices, take heavy narcotics, which have unpleasant side effects and cause liver and kidney damage, use marijuana illegally and risk prison, or suffer. I’m only 39 and I have already had one spinal surgery. Since I had to quit using marijuana, my pain level has gone up considerably. This just makes no sense. A doctor can prescribe morphine (highly addictive!) but not marijuana? Are they trying to say that morphine is less dangerous than marijuana? How stupid is that!?!
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I have lived in San Diego for a large part in my life and always considered San Diego home. I currently call NC home and after reading this, San Diego can kiss my a**!
I’ll be moving back out west soon and Cannabis laws and their enforcement will be a deciding factor of where I’ll end up. San Diego is OFF the list.
Failing to re-legalize cannabis because it is “harmful” is ludacrous. I defy any prohibitionist, or anyone else, to name even one substance people consume that is not “harmful.” Even water consumption can and does cause deaths in this countery every year, or don’t they consider death “harmful.” If you want to examine a “dangerous” substance, look at refined sugar! The main point of ending cannabis prohibition is that not to do so is a violation of God’s will for people to live in freedom with liberty as acknowledged and cited in the Constitution of the United States. And the very people standing in the way of re-legalization of cannabis all swore an oath to “protect and defend” the Constitution. This is simply insane.
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