DEA Raids Medical Marijuana Clinics
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The News Review:
- DEA Raids Medical Marijuana Clinics
- Agents raid medical marijuana advocacy office
- Bat Yam hospital seeks to import medical-grade marijuana from Holland
- WA woman gets 2 years for giving marijuana to toddler
- No jail for medical marijuana grower
DEA Raids Medical Marijuana Clinics
FOX News – Jan 18, 2007
Drug Enforcement Administration. Pullen declined to provide details of the investigation, saying the search warrants remained under seal. “But obviously we are looking for marijuana and other illegal drugs, marijuana edibles and evidence of ongoing criminal activity and anything from paperwork to documents _ you name it,” Pullen said. City officials in West Hollywood said they were surprised by the action, learning of the raid as it was happening. West Hollywood spokeswoman Helen Goss said the city has a “long-standing commitment” to the use of medical marijuana for people suffering from illnesses like HIV and AIDS. Agents in bulletproof vests, gloves and face masks left a West Hollywood storefront with boxes and trash bags filled, as about 50 protesters booed and shouted “states’ rights. (Story continues below).
Agents raid medical marijuana advocacy office
Seattle Post-Intelligencer – Seattle Post Intelligencer – Jan 18, 2007
The source of Steve Newman’s marijuana was misstated in the original version. Drug enforcement agents raided the Everett headquarters of an advocacy group for medical marijuana patients, confiscating what police documents say was more than 1,000 plants and computers that the owners say contain personal information of about 200 men and women authorized to use the drug for medicinal purposes. So far, no one has been arrested or charged with a crime. Fearful of potential repercussions and unsure of the officers’ ultimate aim, patients in the CannaCare network of marijuana users have been “laying low,” said one, terrified that they may be prosecuted for using a substance authorized by their physicians. “Who knows what they’re doing with our information?” said Steve Newman, who has multiple sclerosis and has been associated with CannaCare for two years… The amount found in Sarich’s home, he said, was “not even close. ”
Long a thorn in the side of law enforcement for his vocal, thumb-in-the-eye advocacy style, Sarich, 56, insists that the government is merely harassing patients — himself included — who have a legitimate right to use the drug for managing pain due to multiple sclerosis, cancer and a host of other illnesses. Washington voters approved the use of marijuana for certain medical conditions through a citizens initiative in 1998. “Since they don’t like medical marijuana, this is an attack on the people that support it,” said Sarich, who insists he’s no drug dealer. The nominal sums CannaCare collects go into supporting medical marijuana users, he said. Only a few ounces of pot were found in the raid, and Sarich said the bulk of the seized crop was unrooted cuttings and starter plants. He also said the $1,020 drug agents seized in the raid was for his $1,103.
Bat Yam hospital seeks to import medical-grade marijuana from Holland
Jerusalem Post – Jan 18, 2007
Since the medical cannabis program began eight years ago, 140 people have applied, and some 70 received permission to grow or purchase it, but most of those have already died. Yehuda Baruch, director-general of Abarbanel, said that oncologists and other specialists have to apply for the license on their patients’ behalf. “We want to import medical-grade cannabis from Holland,” Baruch told The Jerusalem Post.
WA woman gets 2 years for giving marijuana to toddler
Seattle Times – Jan 18, 2007
- A woman who let her toddler smoke marijuana from a bong has been resentenced to two years in prison followed by four years of supervised release. District Judge Jack Shanstrom previously sentenced Jessica Durham, 25, of Elma, Wash. , to five years in prison… The conviction was upheld. Durham was found guilty after a one-day trial in 2004 during which Brandi Nichols testified that Durham encouraged photographing her 18-month-old daughter with the bong. Nichols said Durham wanted to send the pictures to a marijuana magazine. Nichols testified that Durham said she let her daughter use marijuana because the child did not eat or sleep enough. Federal defender Steve Babcock suggested Wednesday that Durham be given a probationary term, saying she has “matured in all ways in life,” has been participating in drug treatment and had no criminal history. “She will not be back.
No jail for medical marijuana grower
Canoe.ca – Jan 18, 2007
Justice Beth Hughes agreed with defence lawyer Adriano Iovinelli a period behind bars wasn’t necessary for Mark James Maki’s involvement with the Compassion Club. Maki’s motivation for these offences, while certainly against the law and misguided, were to assist the Compassion Club and it’s members,