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Posted by CN Staff on January 18, 2007 at 10:31:03 PT By Rachel Uranga, Staff Writer Source: Los Angeles Daily News 
California -- The Drug Enforcement Administration raided 11 medical marijuana dispensaries across Los Angeles on Wednesday, including five in the San Fernando Valley. The raids came a day after Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton denounced the storefront medicinal clinics as crime magnets that have begun to prey on teenagers - including passing out fliers at Grant High School in Van Nuys this past summer - and called for a moratorium on the facilities. "(These) enforcement operations send a message to these drug traffickers," said Sarah Pullen, a DEA special agent. "The DEA will continue to conduct these enforcement operations and keep our community safe by enforcing federal drug laws." Under a 1996 state ballot measure, the clinics can distribute doctor-prescribed marijuana to relieve anything from anxiety to nausea to acute pain. But federal officials consider all marijuana use illegal. The number of clinics has exploded from five in 2005 to 143 by the end of last year. Bratton said many of the clinics are lucrative operations aimed at recreational users. Bratton and Councilman Dennis Zine have backed rules banning dispensaries within 1,000 feet of any school, day-care facility, church or other house of worship. "It's disgusting in this day and age, when cities and counties are moving to regulate medical marijuana, that the federal government would still be busting people," said Don Duncan, Southern California coordinator for the Americans for Safe Access, a national medical marijuana advocacy group. This week, the Los Angeles Police Commission released a report that found about half of all the city's marijuana clubs were in the Valley. The report found increased robberies and aggravated assaults around clubs near Van Nuys and more citizen complaints. Note: Police chief says dispensaries prey on teenagers. Source: Los Angeles Daily News (CA) Related Articles & Web Sites: LA NORML Americans For Safe Access DEA Raids 11 Marijuana Outlets Chief Wants Medical-Pot Moratorium Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
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| Comment #10 posted by FoM on January 18, 2007 at 12:18:26 PT |
| You're sweet James. Toker00 and James are both great names. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #9 posted by Toker00 on January 18, 2007 at 12:08:59 PT |
| I'm not hiding anything, anyway. I just like the idea of an a.k.a. Toker00. And that's Toker OH OH, or double ought, not like buckaroo. There. I feel better. :) Toke. James [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #8 posted by museman on January 18, 2007 at 12:06:45 PT |
| Lets hear it for the heroic actions of the DEA, whose diligent harassment of old ladies, and people who are trying to help those in pain and great suffering - insures that the pharma-world gets exclusive access to your medical $$$. Three cheers (not) for the 'Patriotic Acts' of holding defenseless, non-violent, harmless, American citizens against their own walls at gunpoint. Another "victory" in the war, the unconstitutional, immoral, unethical, and down right stupid WOD. Cops everywhere are safer tonite, because they now know for sure that their government is more interested in encarcerating pot smokers, than murderers, thieves, or war criminals. Bob Barker Enterprises stock just went up. The donuts are flying today, just like the beer will be guzzled tonite. Lets give out medals [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #7 posted by Toker00 on January 18, 2007 at 12:00:43 PT |
| I could think of about 11 more, but FoM wouldn't let my post stay. lol. Here's another action post. I put the petition link first, if you don't want to read the riff. http://www.clw.org/action/petitions/tell_congress_to_support_biden-hagel-levin-snowe_resolution Council for a Livable World Dear James, Congressional opposition to President Bush’s plan to escalate the war by sending over 20,000 more troops to Iraq is growing in both parties. Two key Republican Senators joined Democrats yesterday in co-sponsoring a measure criticizing the escalation and more could soon join them. We expect other votes later in the year when Congress considers bills funding the war. It is important to support this measure as a first step in a process to bring the disastrous war in Iraq to an end this year by withdrawing American troops from that country. Public pressure on Senators at this critical juncture is essential. We urge you to take two steps: 1. Sign this petition urging support for the Biden-Levin-Hagel-Snowe resolution. 2. Call your Senators today toll-free at 866-340-9281 and ask them to support this resolution (S.Con.Res.2) criticizing the escalation in Iraq. If you don’t know your Senators’ position on the legislation, click here to find out where they stand. Pressure on undecided Senators is especially important. But if your Senators already support the resolution, don’t forget to thank them! The resolution was introduced by Democratic Senator and Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee Joseph Biden of Delaware and is co-sponsored by Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin of Michigan and Republicans Chuck Hagel of Nebraska and Olympia Snowe of Maine. We need both Republicans and Democrats speak up vigorously. The White House is working frantically to avoid a bi-partisan vote against the Bush war policy. President Bush fears that a congressional rejection combined with public opposition will mark the beginning of the end of his ruinous war policy. There’s not much time left – a vote on the resolution could come as early as next week or the week after that. Remember: 1. Sign this petition urging support for the Biden-Levin-Hagel-Snowe resolution. 2. Call your Senators today toll-free at 866-340-9281 and ask them to support S.Con.Res.2 criticizing the escalation in Iraq. Sincerely, John Isaacs and Guy Stevens P.S. Thank you to all those who called your Senators’ office and provided us with useful information that helped us compile the list of positions on the resolution. Toke. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #6 posted by FoM on January 18, 2007 at 11:45:13 PT |
| I get it! Yes. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #5 posted by museman on January 18, 2007 at 11:42:06 PT |
| He who laughs last, laughs best. :) [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #4 posted by FoM on January 18, 2007 at 11:29:11 PT |
| Wow thanks for the smile. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #3 posted by museman on January 18, 2007 at 11:21:35 PT |
| Direct Entry Associates. Drunk Enhancement Agency. Dumbest Ever Accessed. Down Every Alley. Don't Ever Ask (why). Driving Everyone to Anarchy. Deliberate Elitists Assumptions. Dread and Encarceration for All. Damned Erroneous Acts. Duped Enforcers of America. That's 11. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #2 posted by HempWorld on January 18, 2007 at 11:16:39 PT |
| Nothing could be further from the truth as that statement made above! DEA is enforcing laws mady by (Pharmaceutical)lobbyists in Washington. Heavyhandedly raiding law abiding dispensaries does NOT make our communities safer, quite the contrary. A clear abuse of power fought over the backs of sick people. When will this waste of taxpayer monies and bad laws end? [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #1 posted by goneposthole on January 18, 2007 at 10:52:33 PT |
| 11 That is a familiar number. [ Post Comment ] |
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