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 veggie
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 DEA says marijuana raids could continue in Long Beach [CA] 
#7673596 - 11/24/07 05:06 AM (4 years, 6 months ago) |
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DEA says marijuana raids could continue in Long Beach
November 23, 2007 - presstelegram.com
 LONG BEACH - Tuesday's raid at a local medical marijuana clinic was the first of its kind for Long Beach, but it may not be the last, according to federal authorities.
Federal agents served the search warrant at Long Beach Compassionate Cooperative, 342 E. Fourth St., at about 11 a.m. Tuesday, seizing 33 kilos of dried marijuana and about $10,000 cash, said Special Agent Jose Martinez, a spokesman for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Los Angeles Field Division.
Agents also arrested a man listed as the dispensary's operator, Martinez said.
He was identified Friday as Samuel Matthew Fata.
Fata was booked on a charge of possession of narcotics for distribution and released the same day, Martinez said.
Control of the dispensary was turned back to the operator once the search warrant was executed, the agent said.
Since the search warrant, however, the dispensary's doors have remained locked and a sign reading "closed indefinitely," hangs in the front of the business.
Tuesday's raid was the first of its kind in Long Beach since the 1996 passage of state Proposition 215, the Compassionate Use Act that legalized marijuana for patients with debilitating and terminal medical conditions.
Although state laws authorize the distribution of medical marijuana in certain circumstances, federal law still prohibits distribution of the drug for any purpose, Martinez explained.
Letters were sent to the property owners who lease space to all the dispensaries in the city a few months ago. In the letters, property owners were told illegal business was being conducted in the locations and must cease immediately, Martinez said.
Rumors were sparked by the warrant earlier in the week with several supporters of the medical marijuana initiative questioning the timing of the warrant and the selection of just one location.
"It's a very tedious process," Martinez said, adding that the agency has only a few agents to cover the entire Los Angeles County region.
Martinez said the warrant at the L.B.C.C. dispensary was the first for the area, but it will not be the last if any other dispensaries remain.
"We'll follow up on every location served (with notice)," Martinez promised.
Although the city does not allow business licenses for medical marijuana dispensaries, police officials recently identified 11 dispensaries they said are operating throughout Long Beach.
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ToiletDuk
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Re: DEA says marijuana raids could continue in Long Beach [CA] [Re: veggie]
#7673626 - 11/24/07 05:24 AM (4 years, 6 months ago) |
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Fucking DEA. I wish they would all die. 
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Re: DEA says marijuana raids could continue in Long Beach [CA] [Re: ToiletDuk]
#7679762 - 11/25/07 07:22 PM (4 years, 5 months ago) |
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Man I hope we get a president that has the balls to tell the DEA to stop that shit...
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