Associated Press Reports: “Feds target pot dispensaries By LISA LEFF – Linked Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal prosecutors have launched a crackdown on pot dispensaries in California, warning the shops they must shut down in 45 days or encounter criminal costs and confiscation of their home even if they are operating legally below the state’s 15-year-old health-related marijuana law. In an escalation of the ongoing conflict in between the US government and the nation’s burgeoning health-related marijuana industry, California’s 4 US attorneys sent letters Wednesday and Thursday notifying at least 16 pot outlets or their landlords that they are violating federal drug laws, even although medical marijuana is legal in California. The attorneys are scheduled to announce their coordinated crackdown at a Friday news conference. Their offices refused to verify the closure orders. The Connected Press obtained copies of the letters that a prosecutor sent to 12 San Diego dispensaries. They state that federal law “takes precedence over state law and applies irrespective of the certain makes use of for which a dispensary is marketing and distributing marijuana.” “Underneath United States law, a dispensary’s operations involving product sales and distribution of marijuana are illegal and topic to criminal prosecution and civil enforcement actions,” letters signed by US Attorney Laura Duffy in San Diego read. “Actual and private property involved in this kind of operations are subject to seizure by and forfeiture to the …
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