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.
DEA thumbs Zero in the eye, here, but Naughty Nancy Pelosi’s still asking for it. (House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she was standing by her statement that enforcement of some existing immigration laws is “un-American.”) What I’d like to see is one of Cartman’s Serbian Jew Double Bluffs. Exchange addresses.
Please, just once, just for laughs, could we see Drug Enforcement Agency agents swoop into a midwestern meat packer’s break room whilst the Immigration cops simultaneously turn out a nearby meth lab? Split-screen it on YouTube? Hee-larious!
I understand your point, however, the law is written by corrupt men, and it is applied with inequality. I don’t care what it states, I know what is right and what is wrong, and I lead my life according to those values. I do not need the instruction of criminals and tyrants.
Marinol will be able to replace marijuana for nausea control when it’s available as patch or inhaler. Pills aren’t much good if they’re puked up.
Firstly, do you need a law to tell you not to speed past a school? What if you struck a child doing that? The sign and the cop mean nothing, think of the life you are endangering, then adjust your speed accordingly.
However, if you choose to ignore an existing law, such as the one I ignore when I occasionally smoke, then don’t get caught!
And doobies or Marinol is the best medicine we have in these cases?
It was 9 years ago.
My late wife had esophageal cancer. It quickly spread to her stomach. It wasn’t long before eating became painful and I had to feed her primarily through a J-tube. Anything she did eat (very small, well chewed bites, soft food) would come back up because of nausea. She lost weight fast. Anti-nausea pills were tried, but they too came back up. It was suggested she try smoking pot. It worked, and didn’t take much. She was able to hold food down and gained some weight back - until she watched an episode of “Cops” on TV. It showed a pot raid, broken windows, smashed doors and guns. The take was a small bag of pot. She became paranoid and flushed the rest of the pot.
It was back to vomiting several times a day. If she had been able to maintain her weight she might have had a chance of surviving.
Agreed.
It looks like the federal behemoth has no — er — “controlling authority”. Look for further discrepancies between what the guys at the top say and what the unelected federal bureaucracies do.
O is not in charge; the entire federal government is running on auto-pilot.
If they haven’t paid in full, these guys should also be indicted for tax evasion.
It would all just be so much more honest for everybody involved if weed was legalized.
I think it’s obvious why the left supports state’s rights on this issue. Nevertheless, I agree with them. Except for the clearly enumerated and limited powers granted by the US Constitution, the federal government has absolutely no business telling states what to do within their own borders.
There are a few other medications for nausea some of them have side effects like they can cause cancer because they are filled with carcinogenics. Another will cause vascular narcoses if the IV blows, and if you take orals they will come back up. If you did not know alcohol is far worse to put in your body then pot. You can OD easy on alcohol but you can not OD from pot. Well that's a lie you can OD one pot all you have to do is smoke 1500 lbs. in 15 minutes they you might OD from the THC, but you would be dead from smoke inhalation. Whoever if you could smoke 1500lbs. of pot in 15 minutes you would be so high you would not care man. Pot has many medical benefits the only problem is that to many Americans hate it when people have to much fun and that is the real reason it is ban. Pot is almost harmless and is also much safer then a Cigarette.
The pot in these venues is very high end, oftentimes grown hydroponically with out soil. It is expensive. Mexican pot is super low end, costing about a fifth of this stuff. Also, mexican pot is far less powerful. You will not find mexican pot in these venues. It would be like a Maserati dealer having an old Ford Pinto in his lot next to his other cars.
Brendan Hallanin, the pot club’s attorney, said Emmalyn’s is in compliance with state and local laws.
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Terence’s son, former City DA? no surprise here.
Obama .. sowing the seeds of discord in another community.. and then blowing smoke to cover his own ineptness.
Had she tried Marinol?
Mexican pot is greatly compressed in order to smuggle it in. This pot ends up flat and smashed by the time it gets to the user, and is also oftentimes very stale, as it takes a longer time to get to market, and while in transit is exposed to extremes in temperature and humidity.
This "flatness" cannot be undone. Once it is squished, it remains squished, and it is obvious by its' squishness that it has been compressed. Oh, and it is brown and smells of dirt and sweat.
By abusing the product in this manner, the active ingredient is degraded, thus lowering its' value. Mexican pot producers/smugglers are not concerned about this decrease because their business model values quantity over quality.
Domestic growers have a different business model. They value quality. The pot you get from them is a totally different animal: fluffy, green, and smelling of skunk. To compact and bruise their product would cause a decrease in quality and thus income. Also, compaction is not necessary because it is not smuggled long distances.
Also, unknown to you, their are two different kinds of pot: Cannabis Sativa and Cannabis Indica. The two look very dissimilar. Mexican is always Sativa, because that subspecies thrives in hot, arid environments. A farmer can "broadcast" seeds into his field and know that they will grow with a minimum of care. These plants will produce seeds because the male and female plants interact. Domestic pot tends to be Indica, which prefers a cooler, more temperate environment. Indica suffers in a very hot environment and cannot be grown in most of Mexico. Also, domestic growers strive to produce a seed-free product and will kill the male plants as soon as the display their sex, as the presence of seeds reduces the value of their product. As a result, domestic pot costs MANY TIMES what mexi pot costs.
Because of the factors cited above, it is very easy to tell the difference between the two types of pot by simple visual inspection, and why I consider your thesis ludicrous. (your thesis being "high quality Indica coming from Mexico, sold as medical pot, and thus benefitting drug lords")
To sum up, you may dispute me according to what you have read, but I will dispute YOU based on what I have seen and experienced with my own eyes over the span of 20 years of smoking all types of pot. You are entitled to your own opinions, but you are not entitled to your own facts, and I hope this helps cure you of some of your ignorance.
Hey, is that a dare? Don't tempt me!
And often on American public lands that they booby trap and guard with armed illegals. Not that the dopers mind.
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