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2ndChancesRDivine
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[NV] Federal Agents Raid at Least Five Las Vegas Dispensaries
#13174217 - 09/10/10 08:23 AM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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Federal Agents Raid At Least Five Las Vegas Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Advocates underscore need for dispensary regulations, end to federal enforcement
LAS VEGAS - September 8 - The federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) conducted raids earlier today on at least five medical marijuana dispensaries in Las Vegas, Nevada, and reportedly seized patient and financial records, but made no arrests. According to the Associated Press, Natalie Collins, spokeswoman for the local U.S. Attorney's office said that the federal search warrants and "supporting affidavits stemming from what she called 'an ongoing law enforcement operation' were sealed by federal court order." The dispensaries raided today by federal agents and local police included: Happiness Consultant, Salvation Haven, Nature's Way, Organic Releaf, & Holistic Solutions.
The federal raids come nearly a year after an October 2009 Justice Department directive issued to U.S. Attorneys in medical marijuana states, deprioritizing enforcement against medical marijuana patients and providers. The Las Vegas raids occurred less than two months after another spate of federal raids in July against state-compliant patients in California and Michigan. "The federal government should never be called on to enforce local or state medical marijuana laws," said Caren Woodson, Director of Government Affairs with Americans for Safe Access (ASA), the country's largest medical marijuana advocacy group. "The federal DEA must abide by the Justice Department policy and stay out of the enforcement of local and state medical marijuana laws."
In July, Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman stated publicly on local television that allowing dispensaries was "a very legitimate goal," and that, "If doctors say that it does a patient some good and gives relief to somebody that has a dire need for it, I'm all for it." Nevada failed to consider the issue of distribution at the time of adopting its medical marijuana law in 2000. Although the state allows "Designated Primary Caregivers" to supply medical marijuana to patients, the qualifications are stringent and require "significant responsibility for managing the well-being of a person diagnosed with a chronic or debilitating medical condition."
Nevada's effort to address the need of sick patients to access local distribution of medical marijuana mirrors the efforts in other states like California, Colorado, Michigan, Oregon and Washington. Both Maine and Rhode Island have amended their laws to include state-licensed distribution similar to the medical marijuana laws of New Mexico. The trend to ensure safe access to medical marijuana by establishing licensed distribution facilities has even extended to states currently deliberating new medical marijuana laws, such as Iowa, Kansas, Maryland and Wisconsin.
"A failure to regulate the much-needed distribution of medical marijuana by states such as Nevada should not be seen as a green light by the feds to conduct raids," continued Woodson. ASA has and will continue to work with both federal officials in the Obama Administration as well as local and state officials in Nevada to address the safe distribution of medical marijuana as a public health issue.
The DEA is currently being directed by Bush-appointee Michele Leonhart, who served as deputy under DEA Administrator Karen Tandy; both were responsible for more than 200 federal raids in California and other medical marijuana states during the Bush Administration. Against objections from medical marijuana advocates, President Obama nominated Leonhart to head the DEA under his Justice Department, but her Senate confirmation has yet to be scheduled.
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/09/08-15
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fungusmuncher
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Re: [NV] Federal Agents Raid at Least Five Las Vegas Dispensaries [Re: 2ndChancesRDivine]
#13174332 - 09/10/10 08:54 AM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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That really sucks, Happiness Consultant had some amazing hash. I wonder why they raided those 5 and left the other 10-15 alone.
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kman980
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Re: [NV] Federal Agents Raid at Least Five Las Vegas Dispensaries [Re: fungusmuncher]
#13174359 - 09/10/10 08:59 AM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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I love how Obama preached change to become elected but the only thing new is the colored face spouting the same government rhetoric and the plebs eat it up. Where are the civil movements of the past? This country is fucked.
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Drise
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Re: [NV] Federal Agents Raid at Least Five Las Vegas Dispensaries [Re: kman980]
#13175026 - 09/10/10 12:15 PM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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It really is, it just disgusts me.
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5-HT2A

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Re: [NV] Federal Agents Raid at Least Five Las Vegas Dispensaries [Re: Drise]
#13175191 - 09/10/10 12:56 PM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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Doublethink at its finest.
I hope Obama gets cancer soon so he can taste his own medicine. Not that he'd know medicine if it grew from the middle of his brain.
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Cap Stemson
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Re: [NV] Federal Agents Raid at Least Five Las Vegas Dispensaries [Re: 5-HT2A]
#13175268 - 09/10/10 01:17 PM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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those dispensaries should hire a private security firm to thwart off attacks from the DEA. If all they understand is physical force, then so be it
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utk
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Re: [NV] Federal Agents Raid at Least Five Las Vegas Dispensaries [Re: Cap Stemson]
#13175534 - 09/10/10 02:24 PM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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LOL ur gonna have to do better than a private security firm. How about have your stash/money in a double carbon steel reinforced door underground with enough food and water supplies to last for 2 weeks. When people buy pot you put it in one of those bank drive through things and shoot it to the main floor. Do counter surveillance with short wave radio towers and have a tank waiting for the pigs operated by mercenaries. When they jump out of their van bring the tank out of storage and blow up their van. Unleash some VX gas or something else nasty and make them retreat by foot. Then you have to broadcast a video stating that there wouldn't be a problem if the feds respected state rights. If they come after you unleash missiles from your silo destroying all the major DEA headquarters, and then say you all saw them they had guns. Ah if only life was this simple lols.
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Rogerdodger91
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Re: [NV] Federal Agents Raid at Least Five Las Vegas Dispensaries [Re: utk]
#13175962 - 09/10/10 03:55 PM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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My opinion, the DEA ran out of pot from all their previous raids that they got desperate. The DEA smokes weed, they just never learned how to share when they were a kid. I blame it on bad parents.
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Computerism
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Re: [NV] Federal Agents Raid at Least Five Las Vegas Dispensaries [Re: utk]
#13263027 - 09/29/10 05:56 AM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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The dispensaries should look into hiring Blackwater.
Three days after the raids, Organic Releaf was open again with only four strains. The Libertarian candidate for governor was down there listening to some elderly patient talk about conspiracy theories and trying to drum up votes.
At this point they're already back to full selection with stuff they didn't even have before the raid. There's no stopping these people!
P.S. LOL @ commercial
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blujay
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Re: [NV] Federal Agents Raid at Least Five Las Vegas Dispensaries [Re: Computerism]
#13263097 - 09/29/10 06:28 AM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
Computerism said: The dispensaries should look into hiring Blackwater.
Three days after the raids, Organic Releaf was open again with only four strains. The Libertarian candidate for governor was down there listening to some elderly patient talk about conspiracy theories and trying to drum up votes.
At this point they're already back to full selection with stuff they didn't even have before the raid. There's no stopping these people!
P.S. LOL @ commercial
I applaud their camera transition technique.
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Le_Canard
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Re: [NV] Federal Agents Raid at Least Five Las Vegas Dispensaries [Re: kman980]
#13263233 - 09/29/10 07:37 AM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
kman980 said: I love how Obama preached change to become elected but the only thing new is the colored face spouting the same government rhetoric and the plebs eat it up. Where are the civil movements of the past? This country is fucked.
Just wait. If the Tea-Partiers seize power, we're going to be really fucked.
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AsAboveSoBelow
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Re: [NV] Federal Agents Raid at Least Five Las Vegas Dispensaries [Re: Le_Canard]
#13263256 - 09/29/10 07:41 AM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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Oh we're fucked alright. Those aliens should just set off all our nukes instead of disarming them. Lets get it over with for christs sake
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