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- elscorcho717, on 10/10/2007, -9/+108***** DEA pieces of *****... I wonder how many kilos of coke were being smuggled into this country while they wasted their time busting a pot dispensary in Hollywood
- chicoer2001, on 10/10/2007, -2/+57I only saw LAPD. That aside, it's funny how a Republican government which is all for small government and stte rights) is against the state allowing something that its people decided in a democratic election.
- robato, on 10/10/2007, -1/+52I don't understand...why is LAPD there? They don't enforce federal laws, only state laws. By state law, the only crime being committed is the destruction and seizure of property by the feds. If anything, the LAPD should be arresting the DEA agents, warrant or no.
- MasterThief117, on 10/10/2007, -2/+46When I tried marijuana for the first time, my first thought was "Is that what the government is ***** bitching about?"
I am not going to say it is completely harmless, but I will say that it is much safer than alcohol and tobacco.
This is completely ridiculous. Some of these people need this as a medicine. The brand name stuff the pharmaceutical companies sell does not work as well, and is actually dangerous. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -3/+43All those AIDS and cancer patients are just selfish. Why do they insist on continuing to eat? Bush told them NO. Why can't they listen to reason?
- reeder, on 10/10/2007, -1/+40Ah, a win for the drug war.
/sarcasm - MamaCoca, on 10/10/2007, -5/+37States' rights...freedom... get real. It's over.
Democracy is like a dying religion in America. - junkalam, on 10/10/2007, -0/+22Looks like someone at the DEA watched the last episode of Entourage and got pissed off.
- scubasteve377, on 10/10/2007, -2/+21The DEA has no jurisdiction. The agency itself is unconstitutional. Under the 10th Amendment, drug laws and enforcement would fall to state and municipal authorities. I'm surprised people who get busted don't challenge the constitutionality of the DEA or the federal drug laws. If the case made it to the Supreme Court, they should be able to win it. That is assuming the Supreme Court would actually do their one ***** job and uphold the Constitution for a change...
- Hananda, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17I see very little evidence that the current Republican government has any interest in small government or states rights. Seems more like a Republican government trying to keep its hold on the Evangelical bloc by acting as a moral authority through actions like this.
That being said, I'd love to see the Californians elect some sympathetic County Sheriffs. I'm not familiar with what powers Sheriffs have in California specifically, but they probably are able to disallow this sort of Federal law enforcement activity within their own county. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17The Sheriff is the most powerful law enforcement officer in the county. He has full authority to tell the Feds to go ***** themselves. They don't do it more often due to the potential political and monetary repercussions. The DEA is completely unconstitutional. The fact that a federal agency is moving in and violating the rights granted by a sovereign state only proves that this country is no longer the country it was founded as. The federal government is completely out of control and must be reined in.
There are two choices: ballot box or cartridge box. One has proven time and time again to be a futile effort. One proved itself by founding the nation this one once was. I still vote but I also have quite a few cartridges. - dustysquareback, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16Chance of winning the War on Drugs = Chance of winning the War on Terror.
- jthomp3120, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17that is sad for so many reasons
- ShaneApex, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17How long until clinics like this are run with locked gates and a privately paid security force that is armed? And while they're at it, play cop killer ofer loud speakers by Body Count. Time for people to stop blindly following orders and take a sober second look at things.
- netstorm, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16I don't smoke, but know people who do for medical reasons. This is a waste of money shutting these places down. All this does is send these people to buy illegally from drug dealers. Good job by pissing people off, and making crime flourish.
- a1532b, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13Dude, nobody is saying "vote for a stoner president to run the country". We are simply advocating that people vote for candidates that will stand up for the personal freedoms guaranteed by the constitution! That hardly seems like much to ask for, but unfortunately it's something that we rarely get.
On a side note, a new perpetual motion machine was recently created by wrapping metal coils around the founding father's corpses and placing magnets near their bodies. The spinning in the graves creates an enormous amount of electricity. - WuShuGuShuPORK, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13fantastic point. its ***** up... made me shiver
- DeFex, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13Did you get your brown shirts and armbands yet?
- physphd, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12Can't say it any better than queso did above. "All those AIDS and cancer patients are just selfish. Why do they insist on continuing to eat? Bush told them NO. Why can't they listen to reason?"
- noblepenguin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Often the local police will assist the DEA in situations like this. It's kind of ridiculous since medical mj is legal in CA.
This has been going on a lot all over the place, especially in San Bernardino County. I work at a local newspaper in Ontario and we covered one recently.
Here's the link to the photo gallery (I love the one with the kid smoking a joint right in front of the cops):
http://dailybulletin.mycapture.com/mycapture/folder.asp?event=302787 - LMaxey, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11Heil Cheney!
- Derrekito, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10No he is correct. The real harm comes from people over heating from dehydrating. Also, the cells that release serotonin seem to retard from abuse, but other than that, it isn't so bad. The latter can cause a manic depressive state soon after use, but after a few hour it may go away. It isn't a drug to be taken lightly, but it isn't the devil drug the government would make it out to be. Also please recall that it was used by consolers prior to it being made illegal, usually with marriage consoling. It was said that 6 hours of session time amounted to 1 year of therapy, and would literally save marriages that quickly.
- shaitanx, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12Dugg because I'm baked.
- ddxChrist, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10The DEA and the War on Drugs are wastes of money; not only do they soak up taxes directly, but they also create criminals out of persons engaging in victimless behavior, which we then have to pay for with taxes yet again.
The War on Drugs is just another scapegoat. If they really wanted to tackle the 'drug issue' seriously they would spread accurate information and make it readily available; I'm sorry, but the current misinformation is garbage.
Random drug testing? What the hell happened to probable cause? If we allow this to continue without restraint, law enforcement agencies are just going to say drugs were involved and suddenly all forms of freedom vanish.
Even marijuana for medical use is being attacked savagely, as in this article. All because cannabis contains THC and is an 'evil drug'. Newsflash: All pharmaceuticals are drugs that are often derived from plants, and most of them are a lot more dangerous. Yet we shun the one that isn't addictive or particularly harmful. Bravo, society, bravo. - FredoBerfil, on 10/10/2007, -3/+12Medical marijuana is a big joke. Better thing to do would be to legalize it for adults to grow, possess, and use in their own homes for whatever reason as opposed to making doctors the firewall (which in the end makes the DEA involved). This is what you're asking for when you "medicalize" the drug war - in the end, you just federalize it further.
- ForkySpoony, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10The only thing harmful about marijuana is the carbon monoxide and tar when you smoke it. The drug itself (THC) does no permanent damage to the human body. Effects such as infertility and being lethargic disappear after you stop using.
- toasty168, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9it's not the dea you should be mad it it's the people who don't vote for politicians who'll do what's right that you should be mad at.
- gigaboss, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8there are some DEA agents in the pics, you just dont see them as they are undercover :)
- Cyberen, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9"To Protect and Serve"
....? - AricC, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9This is really pathetic, most of these peopel use marijuana in a legit way. Lets say your 60 with cancer and pot helps with the pain why would we deny that to someone? Is oxycontin a better solution? Give me a break.
- ScottoGato, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7I would prefer "***** Tha Police" on the loud speaker, but that's just me.
- waynetheman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7This is ridiculous. Californians should be the ones determining what plants are allowed in their state, not the *cough* civil servants in the DEA.
I fully support California's right to seceed if they feel that's the best way to deal with this (as one comment on the site suggested.) - gogog0, on 10/10/2007, -3/+10actually pure MDMA is surprisingly harmless. many studies have put it below marijuana on the danger list.
- Bajeda, on 10/10/2007, -0/+71. your link is screwed up, the comma got included in the hyperlink
2. Thats ***** up, presenting science in extremely misleading fashion. People who read that will probably think cannabis 'causes' mental illness without bother to read up more on the subject. (or the warnings in the article from people who actually study this ***** about scaremongering)
3. ***** Gordon Brown. The UK government seemed to be doing better with discussing drug policy (well some of it) but now this.... - Egoist, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Republican presidents have been against states rights since Lincoln (meaning all of them for those of you not versed in Presidential history). The Republican party was formed with the idea of placing the power back in the peoples' hands through a strong constitutional republic and to oust the pro-slavery Democrats who were sending massive amounts of resources to the sparsely populated southern states to support slave owners.
While other Republican presidents mentioned it, it was Reagan who pushed the idea of a smaller government, but they were formed by the remnants of the Federalist party and those values have stuck. It's always been the Democrats and now Libertarians who are for states rights. - popnyah, on 10/10/2007, -5/+11Not to mention meth, heroin and ecstacy. Marijuana is nothing compared to these drugs.
- clevercasey, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Stories like this really make me angry. The state of California voted for medical marijuana something the people of the state clearly wanted and instead of spending their resources taking care of bigger problems like methamphetamine they go after legitimate regulated sales of marijuana for people that have a medical prescription for it.
- dRuNk3nIrIsHmEn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6But I only wanted the hat!
- cyclox, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Does Oakley sponsor every single police agency in the United States?
- satx, on 10/10/2007, -4/+10If I could only get rid of one federal agency it'd be the DEA.
Its employees belong either in prison or the gas chamber. - Sp0rAdiC, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7So you have to look like you need it? What about people that use it for insomnia, stress, chronic pain, etc? They don't look any different from you and me.
- bytecolor, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7The government has quite a vested interest in demonizing marijuana usage. I'm mean think about it. The very last thing on a 'stoned slackers' mind is killing a fellow man for God and Country.
- fantasticFlan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5That would be so awesome, and it'd probably get us on the path of working out the jurisdictional problems that need to be worked out here.
- DeFex, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Cops probably got a big kickback from the dealers who were losing out because these people could buy it legally.
- Bajeda, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5You didn't read the comments did you?
"also, the gentleman holding the warrant, is not looking smug, i just happened to catch him when he was smiling, he was not happy about the raid, but was happy that the lapd released several people that they arrested." - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Not to mention that fighting real criminals would actually be dangerous. Swelling up and looking like you wanna fight with a crippled pothead... let's just say the checks a whole lot easier that way.
Never trust a ***** who is a ''professional'' good citizen. Kneepads are NOT optional for those kinds. - toetagger, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Fascism.
- miriclaire, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Great coverage! The pics were good, with the dialogue interspersed throughout. Nice job.
They say their motive is to "revamp" the offices to ensure they are only for medicinal users. But they needn't have done it this way. Bullies, all of them--and whomever ordered them there. - waj5001, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5...and I'm sure it was completely necessary for the DEA to break the glass door in a raid style fashion - because it was very akin to a pharmacy, they could've easily knocked and been like "Hey, look, the State of California just passed a law, and we're gonna have to confiscate it", whatever happened to common sense, reasonable judgment, or a moral compass.
Worry about drugs that ***** kill people like heroin and meth. - proton, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3It actually exists. Just look in the ingredients list in a lot of liquid medicine.
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