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[RainDog]

97. That's not entirely true

http://kymkemp.com/2011/oct/13/campaign-of-terror-feds-raid-northstone-organics-t/

Cohen was in full compliance with CA law - had a SHERIFF who came to his place and i.d.ed every plant based upon the patient for whom it was intended... it seems that his offense was two-fold - he advertised that he was complying with state law and he appeared on a PBS video that looked into the subject.

I find it more than a little over-the-top that his business was targeted, all the plants were torn out - so, while the "letter of the law" may allow someone to say this action was warranted - the spirit of the law does not.

He was trying to do everything by the book and he was targeted.

In what can only be described as a frontal assault on medical marijuana, federal agents are currently raiding Northstone Organics. The Mendocino collective is a well known provider of medical marijuana. The Executive Director, Matt Cohen, has recently been featured on Frontline’s epsisode, The Pot Republic. This not-for-profit co-op offers home delivery of cannabis grown organically in Mendocino county to patients throughout the Bay Area and beyond. Cohen and Northstone Organics have been pioneers in Mendocino County’s “ziptie” program which allows medical marijuana growers to pay a fee for a permit to grow a number of plants up to 99 in certain conditions.

The website of Northstone Organics appears to be partially taken down. The site is showing a “Due to Technical Difficulties, our web site is currently unavailable” message. Speculation is that this is related to the raid.

California NORML Coordinator, Dale Gieringer, denounced the raid as a “shameful and despicable” attack on California’s most successful legally regulated marijuana cultivation program. ”The DEA is doing nothing but encouraging lawlessness and disobedience to the law,” said Gieringer, “This is a victory for the Mexican cartels.”

The US Attorney Laura Duffy says that she’ll go after media outlets that advertise marijuana products.

Duffy's defense of her actions was "think about the children."

typical right winger propaganda.