Posted on 03/25/2009 11:26:54 PM PDT by LibWhacker
One week after President Barack Obama's top law enforcement official seemed to indicate the feds would no longer raid pot clubs, DEA agents busted a medical marijuana facility in San Francisco Wednesday night.
As agents carried large plastic containers of marijuana plants out of Emmalyn's California Cannabis Clinic at 1597 Howard Street, a small crowd of protesters formed a gauntlet outside the door, booing the agents and chanting, "our medicine is marijuana … listen to Obama!"
DEA spokeswoman Casey McEnry told CBS 5 the documents regarding the raid are sealed, so the DEA was not able to give any details.
"Based on our investigation we believe there are not only violations of federal law, but state law as well," said DEA Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams in a written statement.
Emmalyn's has a provisional permit from the city, according to Eileen Shields, spokesperson for the San Francisco Department of Public Health, which she said is an indication the club is in good standing with city laws.
Brendan Hallanin, the pot club's attorney, said Emmalyn's is in compliance with state and local laws.
"They are well-respected and have a good reputation in the medical marijuana community," said Hallanin, who added the business has never been raided in its five year existence.
Hallanin said the DEA would not tell him why the club was being busted.
"They're going to have a huge fight on their hands if they're arbitrarily busting clubs that are in compliance with state and local laws," said Hallanin.
Kris Hermes, spokesperson for Americans for Safe Access, a national advocacy group for medical marijuana issues, wants the attorney general to explain the DEA's actions.
"We're shocked that after the Attorney General has made repeated statements that raids on California medical cannibis dispensaries would be suspended that we are seeing a continuation of that policy," said Hermes.
Morons.
medical marijuana is already legal and available by prescription. it’s called Marinol
Rev up the Drug War and throw everyone who has ever smoked pot into the Big House for Life!
great plan ; totally stop and repress all attempts to produce or provide the evil weed from American resources . Keep the market wide open for our lovely Mexicano amigos who are more than happy to keep up the supply for the demand . Why this idea could even become a part of NAFTA .
Nancy Reagan tried Just say No . How about just say forget it ?
I have given it to patients many times.
I don’t care a whit about the law. It is applied selectively to us and not them. I decide what is right and wrong in my life, not politicians. I’ll smoke if I want to.
The left considers themselves above the law. Obama morality.
when you look at the origins of the laws in the first place and the cowardice to change anything , any way , ever....
I just can’t help but see the correlations to Prohibition .
Did that stop anybody from drinking ? It sure caused a lot of dead people and criminal behaviors . Allow it , tax it and may el Diablo take our Mexicano amigos and their mota .
“We’re shocked that after the Attorney General has made repeated statements that raids on California medical cannibis dispensaries would be suspended that we are seeing a continuation of that policy,”
Good. Seems some white boys aren’t “cowards” and running from the Black white hating AG.
Stuff your policy, change the law or shut up... or are you just a coward?
“Allow it , tax it”
other countries did that and it didn’t work. How about this idea: let’s get tough on crime for a change. None of this liberal softness.
And is it inferior to smoking a joint in any medical manner?
It is inferior in a few ways. First if you are nauseous or vomiting it will not stay down long enough to work. Second I have been told from my cancer patients that is does not stimulate the appetite like smoking it, but it still gets one high like smoking it.
Sorry, but this is a classic state’s rights issue. Legalized and grown within a state and not transported (other than illegally) across state boundaries? Whether or not we agree with pot use, it’s not the federal government’s business. When the SCOTUS allows the federal government to regulate pot use in one state simply because some of that pot might potentially be transported across the border into an adjacent state, that’s an extreme reading of the Commerce Clause.
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