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Medical marijuana in california being shut down

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TACO-DOG.exe
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The Obama administration has ordered all medical-marijuana dispensaries in California to shut down within 45 days or they will be prosecuted and have their property confiscated for violating federal drugs laws, the Associated Press reports.

Even licensed outlets operating under the 1996 voter-approved medical-marijuana law are subject to the federal crackdown. California's four U.S. attorneys plan an announcement Friday.

AP says the federal prosecutors have notified at least 16 pot shops or their landlords.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/10/feds-order-all-calif-medical-marijuana-outlets-to-close/1

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Oct 6 2011 7:36PM
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mizzike
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lol I'd love to see the federal government TRY to shut down all the dispensaries in California. They've been attempting to shut them down for years and have never had success. They bust in to one, fine the owners, take their weed, and then 3 weeks later somebody else opens another one across the street.

Also, medical marijuana is seriously a bad fucking joke. If you actually believe that it is doing what it claims to be doing, then you're probably high as fuck. People abuse the shit out of the system to grow weed so that they can sell it illegally.




Oct 7 2011 2:46PM
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sherwood4099
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Vast sums of untapped tax revenue and keeping up appearances
Oct 7 2011 2:47PM
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eljusto.
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What the fuck... seriously
Oct 7 2011 2:47PM
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Lord.Quasimoto
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LOL @ everyone who thought OBama was going to be true to his word. He will say whatever it takes to get a vote. he just plays on popular issues without being very clear.

Oct 7 2011 3:01PM
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pmw
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how fucking stupid are you
first of all, lets be clear. not any "teenager" can just get a med card, you need to be 18 or with a parent. next lets quickly talk about what this will do to the system. med weed, a great source of tax revenue and a great way to keep perfectly normal people from clogging the whole judicial system with bullshit ''crimes", is now gone. i mean its not like california already has a way overpopulated prison system, so much to the point where they are letting at least 10,000 of their prisoners out on probation in the up and coming months, many of which were not previously eligible.
but sure, lets just get rid of the system. because we all know the only people who smoke weed are teenagers, they wont smoke it once the medical system is torn down, and this will be great for the economy. not to mention its an extremely harmful, addictive plant with no potential medical benefits to serve the 1% of the population that actually use the system for its intended purpose.


i mean how many fucking chromosomes do you actually have? 50?
Oct 7 2011 3:01PM
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.AR6rider.
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Exactly
Oct 7 2011 3:04PM
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stokedelic
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you touch him ill touch your first born son.
Oct 7 2011 3:06PM
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Funkadelic
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Not Ron Paul.
Oct 7 2011 3:17PM
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yuck
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wait wait wait, i just read this whole thread and not once in here was there any proof this is actually happening. everyone is complaining and arguing and following the general NS-shitstorm thread blueprint but we don't even know if this is going to happen

the announcement is supposed to be made today, so why don't we wait until that before we start shitting ourselves and starting Ron Paul chants?
Oct 7 2011 3:22PM
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.AR6rider.
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Oct 7 2011 3:27PM
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yuck
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^ thats what this thread is gonna sound like if it werent just the internet lolool
Oct 7 2011 3:28PM
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TheHamburglar
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http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/10/feds-order-all-calif-medical-marijuana-outlets-to-close/1

letters have been sent to 16 dispensaries, that's all
Oct 7 2011 3:30PM
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yuck
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its a warning sign i guess but not that big of a deal cuz there are a hell of a lot more than 16 dispensaries in california
Oct 7 2011 3:34PM
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95959
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I love that THIS is the thing that makes all of NS finally turn on Barack hahaha
Oct 7 2011 3:38PM
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deleted5
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john stuwert did it with him last week
Oct 7 2011 4:18PM
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LeadThug420
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stuwert?  I thought his name was Jon Daily....

Nonetheless, do you have a link to the video?

Oct 7 2011 4:41PM
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treemobbin
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they arent closing them down wow... just the ones with zoning issues and the ones that are within 1000 ft. from schools.
Oct 7 2011 6:26PM
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las.
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*approx $32.7 billion p.a from tax revenue,

+ an extra estimated $44.1 billion from law enforcement savings.
Oct 7 2011 8:00PM
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Funkadelic
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I saw the show. If I remember correctly John Stuart congratulated him for not being a flip flopper?
Oct 7 2011 8:04PM
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Flying~Squirrel
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lol empty threats
Apr 5 2012 12:47PM
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japanada
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Well its hard to say that since Oaksterdamn got raided and shut down along with other dispensaries.
Apr 5 2012 12:50PM
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Flying~Squirrel
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i did not hear about that
Apr 5 2012 12:58PM
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ski4fun420
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This should??? hurt his approval rating!! Then again, the media is already bought out!!
Google Ron Paul Media blackout. It is really happening. This great country is having some scary things happening lately. Scary as fucking hell!!
Tax it!! Legalize it across the country!!
Medical use
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Prescription medical cannabis in theNetherlands

Cannabis used medically has several well-documented beneficial effects. Among these are: the amelioration of nausea and vomiting, stimulation of hunger in chemotherapy and AIDS patients, lowered intraocular eye pressure (shown to be effective for treating glaucoma), as well as generalanalgesic effects (pain reliever).b[›]

Less confirmed individual studies also have been conducted indicating cannabis to be beneficial to a gamut of conditions running from multiple sclerosis to depression. Synthesized cannabinoids are also sold as prescription drugs, including Marinol (dronabinol in the United States and Germany) and Cesamet (nabilone in Canada, Mexico, the United States and the United Kingdom).b[›] In 2011, an oromucosal spray for Multiple Sclerosis patients became licensed for use as a medicine from the European regulatory body, allowing it to be routinely prescribed by doctors.[18]

Currently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved smoked cannabis for any condition or disease in the United States, largely because good quality scientific evidence for its use from U.S. studies is lacking.[19] Regardless, fourteen states have legalized cannabis for medical use.[20][21] The United States Supreme Court has ruled in United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Coop andGonzales v. Raich that it is the federal government that has the right to regulate and criminalize cannabis, even for medical purposes. Canada, Spain, The Netherlands and Austria have legalized some form of cannabis for medicinal use.[22]

Apr 5 2012 12:58PM
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Zimmerman
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fuck, threads
Apr 5 2012 1:01PM
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Lord.Quasimoto
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you bought the hype.
Apr 5 2012 1:03PM
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315jibber94
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thats such bull shit though because it goes right back to us being stupid as fuck as a whole nation cause what your basically saying is that we chose a completly fucking retarded guy to run the country just cause hes black! its just like reverse discrimination with police forces and fire department jobs... they hire the LESS QUALIFIED person just cause there a minority... its all so fucked up... damnit lets get something done and get trump or palin in office! with someone from alaska whos an actual person itll be the end with retarded ass laws, no more shut down back country skiing or snowmobilling cause the birds dont like it... legit... just get him outta office and we can get some real shit done with some real white ass people, cause we know whats good... a bit racist but its true and we all know it
Apr 5 2012 1:04PM
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ECB
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LOL legal meth?

LOLOLOLOLOLOL


Apr 5 2012 1:53PM
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squibble
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exactly.
Apr 5 2012 2:00PM
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Apr 5 2012 2:06PM
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Elmo.
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this. but so many people actually need this.
there are strains of pot that slow down the progress of cancer. like really thats a miracle drug for some people.... and i i guess some strains also stop seizures. so it does good things just not regulated correctly
Apr 5 2012 2:09PM
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Bodhisattva_
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If WA gets shut down fuck this I'm moving to Canada.
Apr 5 2012 2:11PM
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easiestEC
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some corporate bullshit right thurr
Apr 5 2012 2:11PM
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andstuff
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The only complaint I can see with this is that California's economy is going to take a hit, and a vast minority who aren't bullshitters and actually NEED weed are going to suffer as well. Aside from that, who gives a fuck. Buy it illegally like everyone else.
Apr 5 2012 2:17PM
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Bodhisattva_
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http://www.homehealthtesting.com/blog/2010/08/what-is-the-difference-between-meth-and-amphetamine/

shitty article but yeah it's fairly close to meth. Just not as potent and not as toxic because people don't mix it in their bathtubs..
Apr 5 2012 2:18PM
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250r
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have you ever heard of desoxyn? It literally is pharmaceutical methamphetamine. Its an ADD and narcolepsy drug. Adderall and dexedrine are still more common, but in some cases they will even give desoxyn to young school kids.



I dont really know if want weed to be legal, the way it is in BC right now is just fine with me, if it became legalized it would only become more expensive, and its not like the cops here care at all really if you get caught with some. Our medical program is much stricter to who they allow into it, but seeing as canada has a way of following the US in situations like these, i hope they dont go and fuck it up for the people who actually need it up here.
Apr 5 2012 2:19PM
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Bodhisattva_
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yeah yeah I've gotten desoxyn a couple times when buying adderall. Shit's gnar. 35 MG of focus to the brain.
Apr 5 2012 2:24PM
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SkiTheYeast
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Iwas was going to Vote for Obama in the next election....
Apr 5 2012 2:28PM
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andstuff
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Grow it yourself, you dumb.
Apr 5 2012 2:29PM
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wwatkins
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yeah, taking the sticker off my car right about meow.
Apr 5 2012 2:42PM
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250r
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i can do that now too, it being legalized wouldnt make any difference on that front.
Apr 5 2012 2:43PM
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JustDidIt
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That's NS for ya
Apr 5 2012 2:56PM
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artfullydodged
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You're all retarded....
Apr 5 2012 2:57PM
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andstuff
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Ok mister circular logic. Then it being legalized and more expensive won't make any difference because you can grow your own.
Apr 5 2012 2:57PM
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250r
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yea but in all honesty, i dont want to grown my own, i can get very very high end weed already at a very good price, which admittedly is way better than anything i could grow.
Apr 5 2012 3:19PM
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MACAQUE
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Nope he's right. Do some research. All medications like that are in the same chemical family as meth. Doctors can actually prescribe pharmaceutical methamphetamine to treat ADD/ADHD.
Apr 5 2012 4:00PM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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sweet bump
Apr 5 2012 4:08PM
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Bodhisattva_
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Jah breuh you got da hookup witta da danky dank from dem bombaclot rastafarii ya dig?
Apr 5 2012 4:08PM
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chicken
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I don't understand how it would destroy the industrial paper industry though. It's not like people would be making hemp paper themselves. It might change the industry but I don't see how it would destroy it. Mind you I am fairly ignorant on this subject. I do know that a lot of the reason is from the pharmaceutical companies though.

Either way this is fucking stupid idea. Who is the US government really serving? I mean there is a reason the world looks at america with a negative view and it certainly isn't because of the people. I mean what other developed nation runs privatized prisons and has no universal health care system?

The even worse part is that Canada is right beside the USA and losing respect from other country's. We are right on track to becoming a corrupted oil state.
Apr 5 2012 4:28PM
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Bodhisattva_
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I don't know anything about Canada I just heard it was better than America...
My fallback plan is to immigrate to Canada once America really goes down the shitter.
Apr 5 2012 4:33PM
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EmperorKuzco
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I fucking hate this whole I need to appeal to the conservative wing, fuck it stop being a pussy obama and listen to the left, it's going to take you a lot farther than those GOP bastards.
Apr 5 2012 4:45PM
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