Feds say no to CA regulated medical cannabis dispensary training

San Francisco Chronicle/Matthai Kuruvila, 4/3/12. "Feds raid Oaksterdam University, founder's home."

Fed raid of Oaksterdam University, 4/2/12

"Dozens of federal agents on Monday raided the Oakland businesses and apartment of Richard Lee, the state's most prominent advocate for the legalization and regulation of marijuana, carting away loads of pot and belongings but not revealing the purpose of their investigation. The agents targeted Oaksterdam University, the internationally famous school that Lee established to train people in the marijuana industry, a medical cannabis dispensary called Coffeeshop Blue Sky, and three properties being rented by Lee, including his apartment near Lake Merritt.

The armed and sometimes masked agents from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and the U.S. Marshals Service came with a battering ram, a sledgehammer, power saws and a locksmith.  They left Oaksterdam University carrying numerous file boxes, a safe and black trash bags. From other downtown properties, agents carried away sacks with dozens of marijuana plants.
"This is really an attack on regulation," said Dale Sky Jones, executive chancellor of Oaksterdam University. Without regulation, she said, "what's going to change is who is selling it, the good guys or the bad guys."  Lee and four employees were temporarily detained, according to Oaksterdam officials". Read more from "Little explanation".

Reference -  Oaksterdam University.
Local articles and videos:   NBC Bay Area News, 4/3/12. . San Francisco Weekly, 4/3/12. a
National article: The Washington Post/World/Melissa Bell, 4/3/12..

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