Tuesday, April 3, 2012

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..

Submitted by Jim Alex

Posted by Kathy Meeh

2 comments:

Hutch said...

What a waste of our recourses. Doesn't Melinda Haag have more important issues to deal with? Terrorism? Drug cartels?

I do not use medical marijuana but I know plenty of people who do. And most use it to relieve serious symptoms from chemotherapy or just to deal with chronic illness or pain.,These are the people the Feds are hurting.

Sure, there's abuse by some. Just as there is abuse of prescription drugs. But you don't outlaw a drug because there's some abuse.

Obama, Ca Attorney General Kamala Harris, Feinstein, Boxer and even Arnold thought the Feds should keep their hands off.

They need to back off California and respect the will of the voters who approved prop 215 in 1996 legalizing medical marijuana here.

Hutch said...

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