Feds Raid Two Los Angeles Pot Dispensaries

(AP)  Officials say federal and local agents raided two medical marijuana dispensaries in the Los Angeles area and arrested the owner.

The Los Angeles County district attorney's office says drug task force agents served a state search warrant at the Organica Collective in Culver City, at the Overland Gardens Collective in West Los Angeles and at a home on Wednesday.

Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman Jose Martinez says agents from several agencies seized about 100 pounds of marijuana, about 200 live plants and about $100,000 in cash.

Martinez says the owner of the dispensaries, 50-year-old Jeffrey Joseph, was arrested at his home in Topanga Canyon.

He says agents shot a pit bull during the raid but the dog is expected to survive.

No further details were released.

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[gomurr]

Hey....steve54z....you must be doing more than smoking pot if you believe what you just said....Federal laws to protect us from high THC content that causes schizophenia????? Maybe in a rare case where someone is already prone to schizophreia. Most pot theses days has a very high THC content unless its dirt weed, which no one wants to smoke anyway. I haven't seen any pot smokers jumping off buildings or going on killing sprees. Actually, all the ones I know go to work every day and take care of their families.

Oh.....and bigmo47.....not sure I understand what your saying. You say it's not our representatives or senators fault because the serve the "will of the people." Are you living in the same AMERICA I am? And all those older Americans making their making their voices heard by writing and faxing their represenatives.....I am one of those.....so are most of the people I know. As far as we are concerned, pot should be legal.....PERIOD. You are right about one thing, the younger generation should take a stand [although that might be too much work for some of them.....they might have to stop talking and texting their frieds for a few minutes and call or text someone who could make a difference].

[gomurr]

Phamecutical companies control the FDA.....naturally they don't want it legalized. With pot growing all over the place, it's impossible for them to gain a monopoly on it's distribution. What a waste of time and resources "the war on pot" is. The war on drugs for that matter. If you are not infringing on anyone else or robbing people to pay for your habit [never heard of a pot smoker doing that], if you support yourself and take care of your kids, as far as I'm concerned you can ingest or smoke anything you want. Actually, that WAS one of our constitutional right before the government found a way around it. Our rights are quickly disappearing....."when good men do nothing."

[sugar_maple]

Thank you hypocritical Obama. I think Obama might have the same thoughts Nixon did on marijuana. Just look up Nixon's quotes on marijuana.

[fstwrtr]

so much for state sovereignty.. if I was gov I sure as heck wouldnt allow the feds to come storming in.

[quapawsix]

look at the dates of some of these posts must be real hard not reporting the real news, the theft of the American dream by wall street and the elitists CBS find something else to report mediocre journalism at best.

[FedsRunDrugsToo]

I guess this is the "change" Obama promised since the Feds work for him now.
Meet the new boss-same as the old boss!!

[gboyd41]

I am not claiming to be a great seer- such as St. John, Nostradamus, or-required reading from my time at Vandy in the late 70"s-"An essay on the principle of population," by Thomas Malthus-my favorite for the class. My point being, why do the people who voted for this POTUS act suprised that the legal pot is not going to happen. But, I may will myself to

[andylance1]

Obama suggested during his campaign he was for cannabis reform. He relaxed the enforcement on medical marijuana and told the states to go ahead. Then he ordered the DEA to seize 100 pounds of marijuana from two medical marijuana dispensaries in the Los Angeles area and arrest the owner.

This is exactly what Mao Zedong did in China in the 1950s. Mao relaxed censorship and said, "Let a hundred flowers bloom." In 1956, China lifted the restrictions imposed upon Chinese intellectuals and granted greater freedom of thought and speech.

After the intellectuals started criticizing the government, he rounded them up and sent them to jail. This is exactly what Obama is doing on the marijuana issue. Isn't great that Obama is a student of history.

[bigmo47]

I see how you are trying to compare A democratically elected president with a tyrant 50+ years ago, but this one doesn't pass the common sense test. Why would President Obama arrest marijuana growers who are overwhelmingly liberal (meaning, they would be his supporters) Which is the opposite of arresting people who speak aout against you. Just say you like the man because these nonsensical analogies brings more doubt to your argument.

[growlll]

I would not pay any attention to any idiot that thinks majority rules in a constitutional republic as they are a bit deluded.

[steve54z]

Businesses have the right to sell legally-graded cannabis. Plant within state THC limit is not restricted by the narcotics laws of California. Pharmacies may distribute cannabis for health reasons. Federal laws are enforced to eliminate dangerous hemp products that are high in THC and induce schizophrenia. Average, ordinary cannabis is used for health and fitness.

[bigmo47]

What in the H.E.L.L. are you talking about? Maybe you need to stop smoking for a while.

[susiizm]

This is offensive considering the huge fire in Southern California that was caused by ILLEGAL drug growing operation - THIS is what the FEDS need to be focusing on and not those who legally set up shop under California laws. Why is the federal government wasting time on these people when we have immigrants setting up illegal growing operations in our national forests and parks? The feds need to remove thier heads from whatever orifice they seem to have them stuck in and go after the real criminals here. This is ridiculous.