of course they are. they need leverage to force a cheap settlement or to drop the lawsuit.
Or another alternative:
Long Beach Police Department is also mulling whether to
open a criminal investigation into the activities of the medical marijuana dispensary
The MF's are on camera, usually the roaches only do their dirty work at dawn, or behind closed doors - why else destroy the camera?
The same reason for the "investigative of criminal activity -recall this was all just over a civil matter (city permit)
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To try to tie this together,one needs understanding of DoJ "clarification" of the Ogden Memo: June 30, 2011
The Department of Justice sent out a memo Wednesday instructing the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration and leading officials in the U.S. Attorneys Office to treat medical marijuana shops as top priorities for prosecutors and drug investigators.
"Persons who are in the business of cultivating, selling or distributing marijuana, and those who knowingly facilitate such activities, are in violation of the Controlled Substances Act, regardless of state law," the memo reads. "Consistent with resource constraints and the discretion you may exercise in your district, such persons are subject to federal enforcement action, including potential prosecution. State laws or local ordinances are not a defense to civil or criminal enforcement of federal law with respect to such conduct, including enforcement of the CSA."
The memo, authored by Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole, "clarifies" a memo released in 2009 that declared medical marijuana sales in states that have legalized it to be a low priority for law enforcement and prosecutors. The so-called "Ogden memo" first appeared to drug law reformers as evidence that President Obama was dialing back the war on drugs. The DEA and U.S. Attorneys office continued to raid and prosecute state-legal grow operations and marijuana shops after the memo was first circulated, leading reformers to conclude that Obama was lying when he said that his administration would not be doing those things.
The memo written by Cole and addressed to DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart and several members of the U.S. Attorney's office is a severe amendment to the Ogden memo.
"The Department of Justice is committed to the enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act in all States. Congress has determined that marijuana is a dangerous drug and that the illegal distribution and sale of marijuana is a serious crime that provides a significant source of revenue to large scale criminal enterprises, gangs, and cartels," the memo reads
Now see if you can wrap your mind around this - whom sets DoJ policy? Holder right? well sort of, in this case the DEA puts pressure, on DoJ.
DoJ capitulates, and overrides the Ogden Memo - why?
Obama:
I would not punish doctors if it's prescribed in a way that is appropriate. That may require some changes in federal law. I will tell you that...the likelihood of that being real high on my list is not likely. What I'm not going to be doing is using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws on this issue simply because I want folks to be investigating violent crimes and potential terrorism. We've got a lot of things for our law enforcement officers to deal with."
So it's either typical Obama going back on his word, or worthless hash crap campaign talk. Obama is capable of lieing like any politician, he just does it with charm, so it goes down smoothly, until someone is droned or dies from lack of patient access to medical marijuana.
So far i've only been able to find the US pot farm in Miss. All of the marijuana comes from the University of Mississippi, where it is grown, harvested and stored.
But it's easy to grow, and once
Sativex hits the market, Big Pharma can get it from various sources. a lot of speculation on my part, but it all adds up.
This stuff is also inhibiting other states from implementing medical marijuana laws.(see other thread) Obama would rather have support from Big Pharma, then patient access.
