First Obama DEA raid in California

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Steve Kubby: ‘First Obama DEA raid in California: Change?’
January 23rd, 2009 · 12 Comments
http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/01/steve-kubby-first-obama-dea-raid-in-california-change/
Posted to IPR by Paulie

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) raided a medical marijuana dispensary today in South Lake Tahoe, California, in the first days of the new Obama Administration. Even though President Barack Obama had made repeated promises during his election campaign to end federal raids in medical marijuana states, a California medical cannabis dispensary, complying with state law, was robbed at gunpoint by DEA officers.

“Just as Gitmo prisoners have been held without charge and then ‘tried’ in courts where they’re not allowed full rights of the accused, in medical marijuana cases, well-intentioned people are charged with activities that aren’t crimes in California, and denied the chance to present a defense. President Obama did the right thing with closing Guantanamo Bay, let’s hope he will provide similar protection to medical marijuana patients and their providers,” said Kubby.

Friday, January 23, 2009

About that DEA raid yesterday

In case you missed it, the DEA conducted a raid yesterday on a medical marijuana dispensary in South Lake Tahoe, California. That's right - in the second full day of the new administration that had promised to end the raids.

Keep in mind that Michele Leonhart is still head of the DEA. My gut instinct is that the DEA is acting on its own, ignoring Obama's campaign promises and pretending ignorance and business as usual, without anything concrete in place yet to deter them. It really shows the rank stupidity of the DEA leadership.

To conduct a raid right now does nothing but motivate the medical marijuana community in huge ways at a time when the Obama administration wants to focus on other things. It calls attention to everything that's wrong with the DEA, and puts it up in big glowing neon letters.

I could be wrong, but my guess is that Michele has already gotten a stern call from Rahm.

But just to be sure, it would be great if everyone lit up the switchboard at the White House.

I got an email from Cheryl...

I just called Obama at 202-456-1111. They have no computers and are taking hand-written notes. The VOLUNTEER who answered the phone for me said, I wasn't the only one to call him about this and there are over a dozen volunteers and the phones are ringing off the hook. I told him about the DEA raid yesterday & asked for Obama to keep his promise about ending DEA raids on medical cannabis patients and hoped he would end them for medical cannabis providers as well. He speculated that the DEA may have been trying to get one last raid in before the transition is complete. All the notes will be gathered into "subject" and given to the call-center boss and may be reported to Obama. Please call. Let your voice be heard. If you get a busy signal, try again. Leave a voicemail or speak to a real person. full story
http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/2009/01/23.html#a3250

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Medical Marijuana dispensary raid in progress
Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Emmalyn's California Cannabis Clinic
at 1597 Howard Street in San Francisco.

Agents are wearing clothing with DEA on it.

SSDP's Micah Daigle is on the scene and reports that all the local press are there. (Apparently protesters are there as well.) Micah also reports that the agents went in with a sledgehammer and crobar, so they're probably not there to talk. continued
http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/2009/03/25.html#a3376

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Net to Obama... Legalize it dude... Some question if obama pretended to take a toke, then snickered bla bla no... Bogus treatment eh? No sher shitlock. Hemp jobs? $300 million last year, will wonders ever cease. Maybe someday the telephone lines will reach D.C. and someone can call albama and tell him about Hemp. State local yokle politikop drug worriers now wanting a cut of reform via taxes and quack assistance. Same quacks doing harm for 40 years silent about caging sick and healthy people for what they knew was safer than booze. CNN Wolfe Blitzer and McCafferty more serious than elblamo about the "L" word, Cooper 360 interviewed LEAP aganst a typical narcrobot idiot. Larry King quoting William F Buckley...

Shit or Get Off the Pot by Dominic Holden
US WA: Column: The Stranger 26 Mar 2009
Jeffrey Steinborn, Seattle's leading pot-defense attorney, was sitting at his desk overlooking Elliott Bay in early March when a client in his mid-30s walked into the office. The man had recently been convicted of possessing pot for personal use. "He went up to this place north of Seattle where they have this shelter full of abused puppies they are trying to get rid of," Steinborn says. "They wouldn't give him a puppy. They turned him down for a pot conviction."

"There is a duty in refusing to cooperate in any undertaking
that violates the Constitutional rights of the individual.
This holds in particular for all inquisitions
that are concerned with the private life
and the political affiliations of the citizens."
-- Albert Einstein



Reactions to Obama's marijuana blunder
DWR: Friday, March 27, 2009

So when will we be getting that apology?

Obama ridicules marijuana question
DWR: Thursday, March 26, 2009
At today's Town Hall, Obama acknowledged that a whole lot of folks voted marijuana questions to the top (once again).

Evening Buzz: Legalize Pot?
Maureen Miller AC360° Writer

Today, in a lighthearted moment during a White House online town hall meeting, President Obama said he received a lot of questions about the potential of legalizing marijuana and then taxing it to rake in the cash.

“This is a fairly popular question… I don’t know what this says about the online audience,” the president joked. He then got serious and added, “No, I don’t think this is a good strategy to grow our economy.”

Do you agree with the President? Share your thoughts below. 94

Nearly Four In Ten Admitted To "Treatment" For Marijuana Haven't Used Pot
US Government: March 26, 2009 - Rockville, MD, USA
Nearly four in ten individuals admitted to substance abuse treatment programs for cannabis have not used the drug in the month prior to their admission, according to data provided by the US Department of Health and Human Services.

Massachusetts: Lawmakers To Consider Measures
To "Tax And Regulate The Cannabis Industry"

New Hampshire: House Votes
To Authorize Physician-Supervised Use Of Marijuana

Hemp Is The Green Jobs Solution We Need By Dara Colwell
CN Source: AlterNet March 26, 2009 USA



Suspected drunk driver rams home, exposes pot farm

Authorities said a 63-year-old man suspected of drunken driving crashed his pickup truck into a neighbor's house, leaving a gaping hole and revealing a small marijuana farm inside.

San Diego police got a search warrant after the Sunday afternoon crash and confiscated more than 20 pot plants from the house.

Sad in so many ways.

The story gives no details, but I'd like to know who got in more trouble with the authorities:

1. The drunk driver who ruined someone's house.
2. The peaceful homeowner who didn't hurt anyone, but had his house ruined.

And one nit to pick. Pot farm? Really? 20 tomato plants isn't a tomato farm. It's a garden. 20 trees isn't a tree farm.



Medical Marijuana dispensary raid in San Francisco by DEA
DWR: Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Google: DEA Raids Emmalyn's
California Cannabis Clinic in San Francisco

"Emmalyn’s provides marijuana for free to poor people on Wednesdays."

DEA RAID IN SAN FRANCISCO RIGHT NOW - March 25, 2009
DEA raids pot dispensary in SF
Drug WarRant
Medical Marijuana dispensary raid in San Francisco by DEA.
Medical Marijuana Advocates Decry DEA Raid in San Francisco
DEA Raids Emmalyn's California Cannabis Clinic in San Francisco
Medical marijuana advocates are up in arms over yesterday's federal raid
Oxdown Gazette » DEA Raids SF Medical Marijuana Dispensary
Feds Target San Francisco Medical Marijuana Dispensary
DEA Raids San Francisco Medical Marijuana Dispensary

Photos provided by the Cannabis Club Network staff
with a special thanks to azesf.

DEA Raid on Emmalyn's California Cannabis Clinic
YouTube - Raw footage of DEA Raid on Medical Marijuana Dispensary in San Francisco, California on March 25, 2009.