Friday, October 9, 2009

LA County prepares to raid ALL medical marijuana dispensaries

Photo courtesy of Don Bartletti / LA Times
Manwell Hernandez, an associate at the Cornerstone Collective medical marijuana dispensary serves customers from behind a stainless steel counter.Tall jars contain various kinds of dried marijuana buds that are sold only to qualified patients with a doctor's recommendation. At right, a patient reads the menu.

All L.A. County medical pot dispensaries face prosecution, district attorney says

By John Hoeffel

Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley said today that all the medical marijuana dispensaries in the county are operating illegally, and that "they are going to be prosecuted."
There are hundreds of dispensaries throughout the county, including as many as 800 in the city of Los Angeles, according to the city attorney's office. They operate under a 1996 voter initiative that allowed marijuana to be used for medicinal purposes, and a subsequent state law that provided for collective cultivation.
Based on a state Supreme Court decision last year, Cooley and City Attorney Carmen Trutanich have concluded that over-the-counter sales are illegal. Most if not all of the dispensaries in the state operate on that basis.
Click here to read the rest at The LA Times

Crackdown looming for pot dispensaries

Within a few weeks, Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley will begin more aggressive prosecution of medical marijuana dispensaries throughout the county, arguing most of them are illegally operating for a profit, he said Thursday.

Cooley's office estimates there are some 900 dispensaries operating in Los Angeles County — concentrated in the city, and particularly in the San Fernando Valley.

"Any medical marijuana dispensary that is selling over the counter for a profit is allegedly violating the law as written," said Sandi Gibbons, spokeswoman for the District Attorney's Office. "And it's our job to enforce the law as written. Click here to read the rest at The Daily News.

1 comment:

Tom Sebourn said...

Thanks for this Dave. I put it on my blog with a link to yours.

The feds are bad enoough but with D.A.'s like this, who needs the feds.

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