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DEA Thumbs Nose at Obama With 4 More Medical Cannabis Raids

by Brinna | February 4, 2009 at 11:24 am

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UPDATE: Obama responds to raids. See article here

The DEA smashed surveillance cameras and computers and threw cannabis medicine in large trash bags at the Venice Alternative Healing Clinic at 421 Rose Avenue. This was followed by a raid at the Marina Caregivers at 730 W. Washington Blvd. Marina Del Ray, and another at the Beach Center Collective, 310 Culver Blvd., in Playa Del Rey.

President Obama promised on the campaign trail to stop wasting Federal resources by ending DEA raids on medical cannabis dispensaries in states where it is legal. Apparently the DEA did not get the memo.

All in all, five Los Angeles medical cannabis clinics were targeted yesterday, including one doctor's office at 122 South Lincoln Blvd. also in Venice.

This follows three similar post-inauguration raids in Lake Tahoe and Colorado on January 22nd of this year.

Medical cannabis activists are extremely frustrated at the apparent continuation of the Bush and Clinton administration's strategy of targeting legitimate dispensaries in states where the people have voted to make cannabis medicine legal. They are recommending that supporters of continued safe access to medical cannabis call the White House at 202 456-1111, asking Obama to call off the raids, and by sending an automatic email through the LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) website, or by going to Whitehouse.gov and writing an email, or by sending an email directly to Eric Holder, the new Attorney General

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Herbalicious

at 14:16 on February 4th, 2009

Brinna,

Thanks for posting this. I want to make one correction. The Nile was NOT raided yesterday. NORML has confirmed this with an employee.

We are having an emergency PEACEFUL protest 2/5 at noon 255 e Temple St Downtown LA. Bring signs, water, hat, sunscreen, noise makers, and your best yelling voice.

america4hemp (not verified)

at 12:54 on February 4th, 2009

yes the dea is dupont and other corps private armed guard ! they stole pine ridge reservation cannabis hemp that was going to be used for cement ! they are crazy to think what they are doing is right ! if they were asked to kill jews they would !!

Brinna

at 13:13 on February 4th, 2009

The DEA is self-funded through the money it seizes in all drug raids -- that's why they are doing it, to keep themselves employed. This is true in the case of legal dispensaries as well, where the DEA also confiscates resale tax dollars which would have been paid to the state.