Feds Threaten to Extinguish California's Pot Boom
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This news came in 2 days ago and a must read.
"Benjamin Wagner, the US Attorney for California's Eastern District, says the Justice Department will enforce federal law.
"We've met with the DEA in this regard. People from Washington have been out to California to coordinate a statewide enforcement strategy," Wagner said."
"But Justice Department officials are saying the exemption only applies to seriously-ill people, not commercial growers and not medical marijuana distribution outlets."
This means dispensaries!
"owner Steve Deangelo says Harborside is turning over millions of dollars in sales each month. Still, he says, medical marijuana remains a risky business. "Until federal law changes, this is not an industry, it's a movement. And anybody who gets involved in distributing medical cannabis has to be prepared to be arrested and have a monumental challenge on your hands," said Deangelo."
"You want to try to start an industry and then you have the IRS working against you, the federal government working against you -- you've got a real problem," said Wilcox. "So the problem is if you don't grow this industry what happens is that it remains a black-market industry, and it's always going to be that way."
