Santa Barbara Gets Tough on Pot
October 9th, 2008 by Perry
In response to pressure from the Drug Enforcement Administration, Santa Barbara, CA dispensaries are shutting its doors.
The agency sent out letters to those who owned the property the dispensaries are built on threatening seizure if the clinics did not cease operations.
New Times called five Santa Barbara dispensaries for statements, but none answered. One number had been disconnected. A representative for the Santa Barbara chapter of NORML, the national group that lobbies for the legalization of marijuana—medical or otherwise—confirmed that all of the area’s dispensaries have closed their doors in response to the letters. When asked where patients would get marijuana, he said ‘probably anywhere they can.’
More gestapo tactics from our federal government sending medical marijuana patients to the streets.
