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  • THURSDAY JULY 26 2007 12:00 PM

Medical Marijuana Dispensary Busted, Once Again

Submitted by Roach

Edited by erin_broadley



On July 25 a Los Angeles-based California Patient's Group (CPG) -- a medical marijuana dispensary -- was raided by the DEA. Without warning, DEA agents stormed into the building using full force, shattering the CPG's front door. Everyone inside, including patients, was held inside for hours at gunpoint. Just down the street, as soon as the staff at SGHQ heard what was going on, we decided to join in and protest this raid. The police force had sent over 25 units to guard our dispensary. The cops should have been out there protecting the innocent , not abusing them. Although we protested peacefully, at least two people were hit with police clubs and arrested. The state of California passed Proposition 215 in 1996, giving its citizens the right to use medical marijuana, yet once again it has been denied us. I met a man at the protest that had bone marrow cancer who now has to suffer until he can get more medication. Below are some of the photographs Andrew Yoon snapped of the chaos. For more photos, check out his Flickr account.




With Richard Eastman, the first man in California to open a Medical Marijuana Dispensary. Eastman is an AIDS patient.













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robynnn

robynnn

Kissimmee, FL
March 2007

JUL 26, 2007 12:04 PM

thank you for making me go with you smile

doolittle

doolittle

Mesa, AZ
December 2004

JUL 26, 2007 12:08 PM

there was an episode of entourage on recently that made it look so easy to stroll into one of these places and pick up a sack of bud. it pissed me off, cause i thought it would draw unwanted and mostly untrue attention to the facilities and that something like this would happen. (i am not saying this happened because of a freakin tv show, but portraying these types of facilities so casually seemed really reckless.)

d20

d20

San Francisco, CA
September 2003

JUL 26, 2007 12:12 PM

doolittle said:
(i am not saying this happened because of a freakin tv show, but portraying these types of facilities so casually seemed really reckless.)



i know, right? what's up with people writing fiction that doesn't apply well to real life nowadays? totally irresponsible.

on topic: yet another case of state's rights meaning only what the federal government wants them to mean.

ZenTrixter

ZenTrixter

Portland, OR
October 2002

JUL 26, 2007 12:13 PM

Thanks, Sister Roach...

@^$&@%!

jason

jason

USA
August 2002

JUL 26, 2007 12:13 PM

doolittle said:
there was an episode of entourage on recently that made it look so easy to stroll into one of these places and pick up a sack of bud. it pissed me off, cause i thought it would draw unwanted and mostly untrue attention to the facilities and that something like this would happen. (i am not saying this happened because of a freakin tv show, but portraying these types of facilities so casually seemed really reckless.)


it is that easy. what would be really bad is if they showed how easy it is to get a license from a doctor.

by the way, does anyone know why these places charge the same prices as the black market? are any of them not for profit?

Sea

sea

HOPEFUL

Mexico

JUL 26, 2007 12:15 PM

Sad times at SGHQ.

mad blackeyed frown

KDM

KDM

United Kingdom
December 2006

JUL 26, 2007 12:24 PM

Great to see the feds protecting the innocent citizens from all those drug crazed sick people.

ANGER

ninjatoes

ninjatoes

Newport, KY
August 2005

JUL 26, 2007 12:24 PM

chimehouse said:
Thanks, Sister Roach...

@^$&@%!



My sentiments exactly.

WonkoTheSane11

WonkoTheSane11

I'm lost
August 2005

JUL 26, 2007 12:27 PM

This is fantastically absurd. If this sort of affront to liberty bothers anyone, I would recommend that you google/YouTube Ron Paul. He's refreshingly sane and if he became president he would shut down the DEA.

KGJohnson

KGJohnson

Las Vegas, NV
October 2005

JUL 26, 2007 12:38 PM


This is fantastically absurd. If this sort of affront to liberty bothers anyone, I would recommend that you google/YouTube Ron Paul. He's refreshingly sane and if he became president he would shut down the DEA.



lol, a Ron Paul endorsement in under 10 posts... this place is turning into Digg


P.S. no offense man, I just thought it was kinda funny

drewyoon

drewyoon

Los Angeles, CA
August 2006

JUL 26, 2007 12:43 PM

Terrible.
The folks there were so pleasant.

KGJohnson

KGJohnson

Las Vegas, NV
October 2005

JUL 26, 2007 12:47 PM

Oh, and on topic: this makes me sick. its fucking stupid what passes for "law enforcement" these days.

mamet

mamet

Charleston, SC
March 2005

JUL 26, 2007 12:54 PM

WonkoTheSane11 said:
This is fantastically absurd. If this sort of affront to liberty bothers anyone, I would recommend that you google/YouTube Ron Paul. He's refreshingly sane and if he became president he would shut down the DEA.



Sane? Ron Paul? Bwhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!


On topic, that's terrible.

FearTheReaper

FearTheReaper

NEWSWIRE

I'm lost

JUL 26, 2007 12:57 PM

WonkoTheSane11 said:
This is fantastically absurd. If this sort of affront to liberty bothers anyone, I would recommend that you google/YouTube Ron Paul. He's refreshingly sane and if he became president he would shut down the DEA.



Yes! Vote for the psycho racist to legalize pot! Tell me, how does the president shut down the DEA without Congressional consent?

scorp17yh

scorp17yh

Brookings, OR
November 2004

JUL 26, 2007 12:57 PM

Fuck George Bush
Fuck Alberto Gonzales
Fuck the DEA
Fuck Prohibition

Legalize teh WEED
End of problem

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