The US Government DOESNT CARE That A Majority Of People In Colorado Have Made Medical Marijuana LEGAL In their State - Theyre Still Gonna Raid You Like Its 1999 This is what happens when States and Provinces cede control to Federal Governments. Seven weeks before the nations first retail marijuana shops open in Colorado, federal authorities on Thursday raided more than a dozen Denver metro area marijuana facilities and two homes. In the largest federal raid on Colorado marijuana businesses since medical marijuana became legal, federal law enforcement agents with an assist from local police officers executed search and seizure warrants at multiple dispensaries and cultivation facilities - at least a dozen in Denver alone. Agents also raided two private residences, according to sources speaking to The Denver Post on condition of anonymity. Federal officials wouldnt give specific reasons for the raid, other than to say one of eight federal concerns around marijuana have potentially been violated. Those concerns include trafficking marijuana outside of states where it has been legalized and money laundering. A search warrant obtained by The Post lists 10 targets, who are owners of marijuana facilities. James Skip Wollrab, an attorney for one of the targets, said his client did nothing wrong. He followed state regulations closely. They took $1 million worth of plants from his facility, said Wollrab, who represents Laszlo Bagi, owner of Swiss Medical in Boulder. They didnt leave any instructions, saying dont replant. There was no court order of cease and desist. No explanation. Outside Swiss Medical, agents left a pile of seized marijuana stacked in the snow like Christmas trees until a front-end loader scooped it up. Wollrab said the agents were also raiding Bagis grow facilities in Commerce City and the effect will likely bankrupt his client. Another raid targeted one of the largest dispensaries in the state — VIP Cannabis in Denver. Broken glass from a shattered front window littered the parking lot while masked agents hauled boxes of evidence into a U-Haul truck. Police turned customers away. The dispensarys website said it would be closed on Thursday and Friday. Jeff Dorschner, spokesman for the U.S. Department of Justice in Denver, said the raids were being conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration, Internal Revenue Service criminal investigations unit, the Denver Police Department and state and local law enforcement. He said no arrests were made. Although we cannot at this time discuss the substance of this pending investigation, the operation under way today comports with the Departments recent guidance regarding marijuana enforcement matters, Dorschner said in his e-mailed statement to The Post. - The Denver Post (Nov. 21, 2013)
Posted on: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 01:35:55 +0000
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