cannabisnews.com: Medical Pot Shop Shut Down Medical Pot Shop Shut Down Posted by CN Staff on September 04, 2004 at 08:20:40 PT By Niesha Lofing -- Bee Staff Writer Source: Sacramento Bee Federal agents Friday raided a Roseville medical marijuana dispensary and the owner's Newcastle farm, seizing hundreds of plants that had been the root of a neighborhood uproar.Drug Enforcement Agency officers simultaneously served federal search warrants at Richard Marino's business and home. Marino, who opened the Capitol Compassionate Care dispensary in January, said the raids were a complete surprise. No arrests have been made."I thought I was doing everything above board," Marino said during a phone interview from an undisclosed location. "I still think I'm doing everything aboveboard." Employees at Marino's store on Lincoln Way in Old Roseville were shaken by the DEA raid. Alan Archuleta, a shift manager, said agents stormed in at 9:30 a.m., guns drawn, and yelling for everyone inside to get on the ground.Archuleta said he was in a back room, and when he stuck his head into the hallway he was met with a gun in the face."Initially I was very shocked," he said. "I thought we were being robbed until I saw the badge. For a split second, it was very traumatizing."Snipped: Complete Article: http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/10623571p-11542295c.htmlSource: Sacramento Bee (CA)Author: Niesha Lofing -- Bee Staff WriterPublished: Saturday, September 4, 2004Copyright: 2004 The Sacramento BeeContact: opinion sacbee.comWebsite: http://www.sacbee.com/Related Articles & Web Site:Medicinal Cannabis Research Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/research.htmPot Plot in Foothills Sparks High Anxietyhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19407.shtmlFew Complaints About Medical Pothttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18666.shtmlThe Pot Shop - Roseville Press-Tribune http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread18294.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #16 posted by afterburner on September 05, 2004 at 08:38:22 PT More US-Style Escalation in Canada Lasqueti residents fight back WebPosted Aug 26 2004 11:37 AM PDT LASQUETI ISLAND, B.C. - Residents of Lasqueti Island complain they've been harassed and intimidated by recent military-style RCMP drug raids. [full story] http://vancouver.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=bc_20040826 [ Post Comment ] Comment #15 posted by FoM on September 04, 2004 at 17:04:47 PT Please Look At These Pictures Doesn't anyone think that a commercial by Moveon if that's who makes the commercial could shed light on the terrorism that has happened to sick people over a plant? CNN covered the give a way and has to have great footage of that day. They should show terrorism right here in america. I thought of WAMM because of the Mayor and the towns backing. I wish I knew how to get an idea to the Kerry campaign. They need to show how bad Ashcroft and Bush have been after Bush said he was for state's rights.http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/eventpics.htm [ Post Comment ] Comment #14 posted by Virgil on September 04, 2004 at 16:55:29 PT This is just now went up at DU It is really kind of rare for cannabis reports to go up at DU. The regulars have read enough to be savy and are pretty much against the drug war. Yesterday there was a poll go up and I saw it early. There were like 14 votes for unconditional surrender of prohibition and nobody had voted say it should stay illegal.I will put this up so that someone might inform them of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling. I put it up here also as a demonstration that things have different ways of being amplified by the Internet. I also put this up so that people might read comments from a more general population than what we have here with a bunch of cannabis news wonks. Here is the link- http://tinyurl.com/5e4dwIn times gone past what I would do is copy my comment from this thread to another website with the link back to Cnews so that people might know that there is a resource on past news and perspective by a bunch of cannabis news wonks. What we need is people to populate the various websites on the Internet. I am going to join CureZone.com and contribute when I can. AARP is one website where a knowledgable person needs to keep a presence. There are a lot of good comments here that can be copy and pasted with a link back here or rewritten with a new voice. Help spread some truth and get the water a little warmer. Warmer water will mean more swimmers and then Free Cannabis For Everyone. [ Post Comment ] Comment #13 posted by afterburner on September 04, 2004 at 13:03:04 PT Horrible What Happened to Brian Is it open season on cannabists? Are the blue shirt crackdowns encouraging the brown shirt violence? "Stand. All the things you want are real. You have you to complete and there is no deal." --Stand, by Sly and the Family Stone. "Get up stand up. Stand up for your right. Get up stand up. Don't give up the fight." --Get Up, Stand Up, by Bob Marley & Peter Tosh. [ Post Comment ] Comment #12 posted by FoM on September 04, 2004 at 11:57:02 PT Here's The Article The picture shows how beat up he was. Ex-Grower Fears for Life: http://www.theprogress.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=39&cat=23&id=291956&more= [ Post Comment ] Comment #11 posted by FoM on September 04, 2004 at 11:49:36 PT afterburner I just read in the CCC about Brian. That was terrible! [ Post Comment ] Comment #10 posted by afterburner on September 04, 2004 at 11:31:44 PT Re Labor Day & Back to School/Work A similar pattern seems to be emerging in Canada/US: arrests of questionable legality, at least in Ninth Circuit and Ontario/Alberta, followed by confiscation and dropped or stayed charges. LEOs are harrassing patients and social/religious cannabis patrons. The fall or autumn crackdown on summer stragglers is a yearly ritual of corporate society. Back in the saddle, back in the harness. And what better way to underline the need for increased attention to law-n-order, then to bust a few hippies? How long are we going to allow this kind of discriminatory mistreatment of cannabists to continue? How long are WE.THE.PEOPLE, the citizens going to allow unrestricted discretionary powers to be granted and used by local or federal LEOs? [ Post Comment ] Comment #9 posted by mayan on September 04, 2004 at 11:00:19 PT Blue States Beware! If the Bush Regime thought they had a snowball's chance in hell of winning(or stealing) California, the feds wouldn't be terrorizing that state.9/11 Summer Of Truth - 2004: http://www.summeroftruth.org/ [ Post Comment ] Comment #8 posted by drfistusa on September 04, 2004 at 10:50:17 PT Why Revenge? This is scary! check it out http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/package.jsp?name=fte/enjoyrevenge/enjoyrevenge [ Post Comment ] Comment #7 posted by Max Flowers on September 04, 2004 at 10:48:00 PT Oh, and... "Initially I was very shocked," he said. "I thought we were being robbed until I saw the badge. For a split second, it was very traumatizing."Uh, you WERE robbed buddy, it was just by guys with badges. I think you'll find you were traumatized all the same. [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by Max Flowers on September 04, 2004 at 10:44:21 PT Here we go again, same old harrassment game You watch now... it'll be the same old thing---raid, destroy, and then NO CHARGES. - "We will collect all the evidence and present the case to the U.S. attorney's office," said Gordon Taylor, agent-in-charge of the DEA's Sacramento office. The decision to issue arrest warrants would be up to the U.S. attorney, he said. - The U.S. Attorney will NOT file charges because he knows damn well that he has no real jurisdiction or right to do so and that the 9th Circuit Court ruling spells that out clearly. This was done because this guy picked the totally wrong place in CA to do his thing, as evidenced by all his neighbors saying they wanted him shut down as soon as he moved in. The neighbors pissed and moaned to the local cops, who got the DEA to (gladly) do what they (local cops) could not legally do. - The conflict between state and federal law regarding medical marijuana deepened recently after two rulings by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that federal authorities do not have the power to go after noncommercial medical marijuana operations confined within the state. - The above snippet is very clever (or ignorant) in that it fails to clarify that term "noncommercial"... in actual fact it only has to be noncommercial *between CA and other states*... if sales occur between dispensaries and patients and all within CA, it is none of the federal government's damn business and is all legal. If I were this guy Marino I would sue everyone who made this happen---the DEA, DOJ, state cops for turning it over to the feds, and even the neighbors who all complained and stated the ball rolling. Declining property values will be the last thing they're worried about when they start shelling out thousands to defend the lawsuit. [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by Hope on September 04, 2004 at 09:25:04 PT I've often wondered How could people burn other people at the stake...and decapitate...and torture people. The so called "good guys" and "authorities" of their era were the culprits. I have never ceased to be amazed at the depth of the depravity to which humankind can lower itself. [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by Treeanna on September 04, 2004 at 09:24:49 PT ???? How can they be doing this in violation of a Court order from the 9th circuit?Guess he has the bucks to fight them and sue for damages. That will be good also since it will help expand the law. [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by FoM on September 04, 2004 at 08:47:02 PT Hope I hope someday soon that sense will prevail. [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by Hope on September 04, 2004 at 08:32:25 PT Labor Day I've noticed that, too, FoM. [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by FoM on September 04, 2004 at 08:25:07 PT Labor Day Weekend It sure seems to me that bad things happen on Labor Day Weekends.Tom and Rollie Shot and Killed: Sept. 2001: http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/rb.htmWamm Raid: Sept. 5, 2002: http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/valc.htm [ Post Comment ] Post Comment