“A medical marijuana dispensary billed as the world’s largest cannabis store may stay open while the city of Oakland fights a U.S. government effort to shut it down or seize the property, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday. There has been a tug-of-war in California between federal and local authorities over cannabis sold for purported health reasons. In February, Magistrate Maria-Elena James, the same judge who ruled on Wednesday, said the city had no right to intervene in a federal prosecutor’s civil-forfeiture action against the Harborside Health Center, which was featured on the Discovery Channel reality TV show ‘Weed Wars.'”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/03/worlds-largest-pot-shop-can-stay-open-in-oakland-judge-rules/
Did you like this?
Tip Freedomwat.ch Staff with Bitcoin
Tip Freedomwat.ch Staff with Bitcoin
Related posts:
U.S. says it doesn’t believe in ‘diplomatic asylum’ despite having offered it in the past
The Ph.D Bust: America's Awful Market for Young Scientists—in 7 Charts
Political Shifts in Bavaria Could Have Wide Repercussions
America has history when it comes to forcing down planes in defiance of international law
Republican battles for Medicaid funding turn to God and morality
John Kerry: Assad is the new Hitler because of chem. weapon use
Banks, at Least, Had a Friend in Geithner
Buffett Says Banks Free of Excess, Pose No U.S. Threat
Flipping Off Police Officers Constitutional, Federal Court Affirms
Republicans Move Convention Delegate Vote To Time With No TV Coverage To Hide Ron Paul
California police slammed with death threats after shooting Max the Rottweiler
Bush-era state secrecy expert: Presidents abuse power like in Kafka or Orwell novels
Symbol of Pinochet abuses, Chilean woman says justice is now coming
Bieber and entourage searched by sniffer dogs at Florida airport after drug 'tip'
IMF tells regulators to brace for global 'liquidity shock'