Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA continues to crack down on medical marijuana stores in states where voters legalized the use of medical pot. The latest law enforcement effort is targeting medicinal pot shops cropping up in metropolitan Seattle, Q13 Fox reports. The DEA sent letters to shops that are close to schools or playgrounds and…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Supporters of marijuana rights attacked the DEA’s tight regulation of pot in a potentially landmark case that could change the drug’s classification, Reuters reports. Joseph Elford, lawyer for Americans for Safe Access, said the DEA has essentially ignored scientific research that suggests marijuana is safer than heroin and has medicinal value. “This…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com While some former federal agents are calling for the government to crack down on marijuana laws, at least one ex-DEA agent said it may be a lost cause because pot legalization is only a matter of time. In a Houston Chronicle column written by Gary Hale, former chief of intelligence of the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Santa Fe Springs Councilman accepted $11,500 in bribes from a marijuana dispensary owner who was working as an FBI informant, according to a plea agreement released Thursday, the L.A. Times reports. In the latest example of corruption in a Los Angeles County town, the case against Councilman Joseph Serrano Sr. alleges…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A Montana state legislator claims the DEA is investigating her because of her support of medical marijuana laws. Diane Sands, a Democratic in the State House, told the Missoulian that a possible witness in a DEA investigation into medical marijuana businesses was asked if she was part of a conspiracy to…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Over the past week, federal prosecutors filed four asset forfeiture lawsuits against buildings housing “marijuana stores” in Los Angeles and Orange counties, the Department of Justice announced in a statement on Wednesday. The owners of the buildings and operators of the stores have been sent warning letters as well. The charges…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Barbara Grohl, head of the Colorado Department of Revenue, has written a letter asking the DEA to loosen federal controls on marijuana and recognize its “potential medicinal value,” the Denver Post reports. The letter, written on Dec. 22, is the result of a law passed last year; that legislation required the…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Difficulties seem to be sprouting up like weeds as local governments across the country experiment with new laws and regulations concerning medical marijuana; the drug is still illegal and listed as a controlled substance by the federal government. A top federal law enforcement official in Oregan has declared that medical growers…
