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A collective of enforcement agencies including the FBI, DEA, local police departments and the IRS raided at least two dispensaries on the Westside for unknown reasons this afternoon. Warrants were also served on the private homes of the owners. Organica Collective on Washington Blvd. in Culver City was raided followed by the Overland Gardens Collective in West Los Angeles were raided around 11 a.m. and authorities were still searching for unknown things hours later. A dog believed to be a pit bull was shot at one of the locations.
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Raided on the Westside
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i thought the obama stance was going to refute the bushie doctrine on this one?
is he pandering already?
or was there actual malfeasance?
It's very possible they were raided because they may have been operating illegally. Without proper documentation and such.
Or maybe it was just for fun, who knows!
Wonder if there were any Blackwater agents at these raids like the ones not too long ago. Kinda chilling when the LA Times pulled the photo off their site.
They always shoot the dog.
juvenile contrarianism aside,
it's the mention of the *federal level*,
who actually *have* had a thug policy
of shaking down places that *were* following the rules
in the past 8 years.
makes one wonder if the current administration
is pulling a u-turn on letting california continue
with it's medical green policy.
like is it heavy handed posturing
as some obtuse angle
to try to gain red state steam for his health care bill?
Plenty more dispensaries will be raided over time. While Obama may have a lenient stance on this, many of the dispensary owners filed for bogus economic hardship waivers... many of which who wouldn't qualify. Rather than wait for approval, they went ahead an jumped the gun to hurry up and make a quick $. If they're gonna be testing the rules... they should have done things the right way. Profit hungry idiots. I don't think they truly care about the supposed medical benefits of weed. Maybe these store owners didn't do it the bad way, but I think they got what they deserved.
Fuck the police.
It certainly would be nice to know why these places were raided. Causing people with a genuine need unnecessary worry is just plain stupid. Also, since OUR tax dollars paid for these raids we have a RIGHT to know why.
stupid ass bitch fuck the feds and the dea.....i get my OG from the streets come raid that faggot, o yea talk to my doctor, matter of fact that's between me and my doctor....keep raiding the clinics yall niggas aint doing shit but making muthaphuckas more mad...waisting our gotdam tax dollars tell the feds go fuckn get OSAMA
Im suing motherfuckers rushed in and almost gave me a heart attack raising my blood pressure and shit, while i was already trying to get my medicine, as a diabetic they had me sit and wait for 4 hours, I WAS SUPPOSE TO BE LEGALLY PROTECTED IN A SAFE PLACE GETTING MY MEDICATION FOR MY PERSONAL REASONS BETWEEN ME AND MY DOCTOR....GO RAID KAISER AND GIVE THOSE PEOPLE HEART ATTACKS, I SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROTECTED UNDER THE CONSTITUTION SOMEWHERE ON THERE WE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BE HARRASSED FOR PICKING UP OUR MEDICINE...THEY HAVE NO FUCKN IDEA WHY I WAS IN THERE AND FOR WHAT MEDICAL REASON I NEEDED IT FOR....THIS SHIT IS NOT RIGHT AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO STAND UP
I was puzzled about why those two clubs got raided since organica in particular is very upstanding and reputable, so I did some quick web searches. they didn't turn up much except that both overland collective and organica collective have like 85% of their menus in common, so they could have the same vendor(s). if so then this could be more about the growers who supply them than about what organica itself did wrong. hopefully they stay open!