And All the Dispensary Owners Exhaled
February 27th, 2009 by PerryFor those waiting to see when Obama was to stay true to his word about ending medical marijuana raids — the time is now.
And to Obama’s credit, it’s only a couple months into his first term, not a couple years into his second one. Good for him, good for us and even better for dispensary owners who are being locked up for legally providing medicine to people.
US Attorney General Eric Holder hinted this would be new policy, but officially announced it at a press conference yesterday.
SoCal Medical Marijuana Raid Update
February 13th, 2009 by Perry
More than a week after a string of federal dispensary raids in Los Angeles and San Diego, the MMJ community is still concerned about Obama’s federal pledge to not interfere with state marijuana laws. More specifically, that he hasn’t exactly lived up to it so far.
The Americans for Safe Access recently held a meeting in San Diego where they addressed the crowd with some fairly promising news: In response to flooding the White House switchboard, a representative contacted the ASA, and publicly addressed the issue.
The raids were a part of “Operation: Endless Summer,” an aptly named effort to eradicate drug dealing near several different communities, which also seized six pounds of marijuana from legal dispensaries.
