Category Archives: collectives

• Update – Berkeley Patient Group Collective Targeted by Feds

  SM Duyette

  

  Update – The following review was scheduled to post before the recent news we received about BPG’s most recent visit from the feds. They are now the latest collective targeted by the federal government. Prosecutors have filed a lawsuit to seize the property leased to BPG, one of California’s oldest and most respected medical marijuana dispensaries. Is this ever going to stop?! Read more about this story: Berkeley marijuana dispensary... Read more »

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• Measure D vs. Measure F: Get The Facts Los Angeles Patients!

  Katherine Tattersfield

  

  In case you haven’t heard, Los Angeles voters will decide the fate of medical marijuana dispensaries on May 21st, 2013 (click here to find your polling place). Voters will also elect a new mayor on the 21st; I am supporting Eric Garcetti, but that’s an entirely separate issue. Today I’m going to focus on the medical marijuana ballot measures, specifically Measure D and Measure F. There’s also Measure E, but... Read more »

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• It’s Happening Again – SF Collectives Under DEA’s Watch

  420 Shaye

  

  They sure are making the rounds through California – The DEA is at it again – this time in San Francisco. Seven medical marijuana dispensaries in SF are currently under investigation by the DEA. The following story is from the SFgate.com blog: We received word Wednesday that seven medical marijuana dispensaries permitted by the City of San Francisco are being investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration. In Sept. 2012, D.E.A.... Read more »

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• California Cops Return Marijuana…and Dead Plants to Vallejo Dispensaries

  Mirella Pinero

  

  California police know how to make friends in Vallejo – They raided various Vallejo marijuana collectives and then returned the medical cannabis including dead plants. Wow. Here’s the story from SFGate: Vallejo, CA. police reportedly returned nearly 60 pounds of medical marijuana and hundreds of dead plants this week to two dispensaries raided last year. The property is worth more than $200,000, and dispensary lawyer Scott Candell said the collectives would seek... Read more »

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• Feds Raid More Cannabis Collectives – This Time in San Diego

  James Shaw

  

  It keeps happening. When is this going to stop?! Last week it was Santa Ana dispensaries, this week it’s San Diego Dispensaries. The follow story is from Fox 5 News San Diego. SAN DIEGO — Narcotics enforcement officers raided a downtown San Diego medical marijuana dispensary and nine indoor cannabis cultivation sites in the North County Tuesday, seizing plants and documenting alleged violations, according to authorities. There were no immediate... Read more »

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