http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2009/09/san_diego_marijuana_dispensari.html
Sounds like all the store fronts are being investigated first.
Not that i'll defend these particular clubs, but I'm sure some of them have to acquire Meds as business cost and other insurance and location costs. Even if one of these so called clubs pays one of there so called "employees" say over 100k a year that person still has to pay taxes. Sounds like because of the FEW shady C0-OPS (tax evasion) they are now investigating and going after them all. If all co-ops and clubs where regulated by some independent agency to make sure it is legit (like an accountant /audit quarterly?) maybe these bad co-ops wont ruin it for the rest of us and SICK PEOPLE who need access.
My concern if for the patients that are going to be SOL for meds and are sick. Is the DA going to go through the records / scripts and investigate patients next.
My whole thing is that PROP 215 is meant for patients to be protected able to grow or acquire meds and this current DA is hindering this and should be prosecuted herself. The law is meant to allow less sick patients to grow meds for more sick patients and be protected and compensated. With more patients needing meds, more pot being grown, and prices going up is this really being accomplished.
"How Common is Cancer?
Cancer is very common in California and the United States
as a whole, and in most other developed countries.
In California, approximately 133,000 people
are diagnosed every year with some form of invasive
cancer, not including the common skin
cancers. About 53,000 Californians die each
year from cancer. Based on current statistics,
more than 2 out of 5 Californians will develop
cancer at some time in their lives, and about 1 in
310 children will be diagnosed with cancer before
age 20. Many cancers are now curable and
cancer treatment continues to improve. Nonetheless,
nearly 1 out of every 5 Californians is likely
to die from cancer."
www.cannabiscurescancer.com
That's allot off really sick people not to mention people who use cannabis for pain to stuttering problems. People are wanting more access and more availability.
I'm just saying the people who object to cannabis use (aka conservatives), need to realize that cannabis actually does help people and they can't stop people from using it by restricting there rights, arresting them and letting them die in prison. Most of us are free Americans and deserve freedom and our rights protected not stomped on. At some point people in America are going to have to respect each other allot more and get use to cannabis being in our face sometimes in public.
