Police Find 1,000 Marijuana Plants at Fortune Cookie Factory

By: Edecio Martinez
Topics: Daily Blotter

(CBS)

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Oakland police are looking for the growers of at least 1,000 marijuana plants found after a small fire at a one-time Oakland fortune cookie factory.

Sgt. Rich Vierra says the pot plants, valued at about $500,000, were not burned during Monday's fire in the former Kar Mee Fortune Cookie Factory in Oakland's Chinatown district.

Police say the plants ranged in size from seedlings to 4 feet tall and were being grown in about 1,750 square feet of space.

The growers were apparently using an old power line outside the building to run the lights, ventilation and irrigation systems.

Authorities say the small blaze was sparked by an electrical malfunction.

The cookie factory's previous owners were evicted last year.

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by charliecookies March 12, 2011 5:24 PM EST: For Charlie Sheen Fortune Cookies, check out: http://www.charliesheenfortunecookies.com

The Cookies and Website are great ON WEEEED!; Reply to this comment


by run2jazz2 January 8, 2010 12:37 PM EST: Ancient Chinese Secret huh?; Reply to this comment


by rwsmith29456 December 24, 2009 11:17 PM EST: 'Fortune' cookies, eh?; Reply to this comment


by Oregon_State_OSU December 23, 2009 1:29 PM EST: Oh So Hungry, Oh So Hungry, Oh So Hungry, me Hungry all the time !; Reply to this comment


by jxknowles December 23, 2009 1:01 PM EST: Anyone can grow 1000 plants in their own garage or basement. Legalize the stuff already.; Reply to this comment


by ranger2930 December 23, 2009 12:01 PM EST: The drug war should be over by now. It was all about putting hippies in jail anyway. Read JE Hoover's letter to Nixon. "We could criminalize your political opponents by their drug use." Something to that effect.; Reply to this comment


by stillunbanable December 23, 2009 10:32 AM EST: "Pot Stash Found After Small Fire "

Another christmas miracle!!; Reply to this comment


by hologram5 December 23, 2009 10:06 AM EST: No worries, it'll be legal soon enough.; Reply to this comment


by pjk12354 December 23, 2009 8:09 AM EST: If you really want to deter marijuana........legalize it & tax the hell out of it.

Your so called....."War on Drugs".......is probably the biggest scam we have ever seen.......Homeland Security is catching up fast.....

We haven't stopped marijuana's use in the 72 years since it has been made illegal......what makes you think you will change anything now?; Reply to this comment


by Antinomian December 23, 2009 7:56 AM EST: One need not travel to China to find indigenous cultures lacking human rights. America leads the world in percentile behind bars, thanks to ongoing persecution of hippies, radicals, and non-whites under prosecution of the war on drugs. If we?re all about spreading liberty abroad, then why mix the message at home? Peace on the home front would enhance global credibility.

The drug czar?s Rx for prison fodder costs dearly, as lives are flushed down expensive tubes. My shaman?s second opinion is that psychoactive plants are God?s gift. Behold, it?s all good. When Eve ate the apple, she knew a good apple, and an evil prohibition. Canadian Marc Emery is being extradited to prison for selling seeds that American farmers use to reduce U. S. demand for Mexican pot.

Only on the authority of a clause about interstate commerce does the CSA (Controlled Substances Act of 1970) reincarnate Al Capone, endanger homeland security, and throw good money after bad. Administration fiscal policy burns tax dollars to root out the number-one cash crop in the land, instead of taxing sales. Society rejected the plague of prohibition, but it mutated. Apparently, SWAT teams don?t need no stinking amendment.

Nixon passed the CSA on the false assurance that the Schafer Commission would later justify criminalizing his enemies. No amendments can assure due process under an anti-science law without due process itself. Psychology hailed the breakthrough potential of LSD, until the CSA shut down research, and pronounced that marijuana has no medical use, period. Drug juries exclude bleeding hearts.

The RFRA (Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993) allows Native American Church members to eat peyote, which functions like LSD. Americans shouldn?t need a specific church membership or an act of Congress to obtain their birthright freedom of religion. John Doe?s free exercise of religious liberty may include entheogen sacraments to mediate communion with his maker.

Freedom of speech presupposes freedom of thought. The Constitution doesn?t enumerate any governmental power to embargo diverse states of mind. How and when did government usurp this power to coerce conformity? The Mayflower sailed to escape coerced conformity. Legislators who would limit cognitive liberty lack jurisdiction.

Common-law must hold that adults are the legal owners of their own bodies. The Founding Fathers undersigned that the right to the pursuit of happiness is inalienable. Socrates said to know your self. Mortal lawmakers should not presume to thwart the intelligent design that molecular keys unlock spiritual doors. Persons who appreciate their own free choice of path in life should tolerate seekers? self-exploration.; Reply to this comment

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