SAN MATEO POT SHOPS RAIDED

Three Medical Cannabis Dispensaries Shuttered in Joint Action by DEA and Local Police

SAN MATEO -- In the largest Bay Area raid of medical marijuana dispensaries in nearly a year, federal agents stormed three medical cannabis outlets in downtown San Mateo on Wednesday afternoon and shut them down.

The DEA, accompanied by members of the San Mateo County Narcotics Task Force and the San Mateo Police Department, seized 50 pounds of processed marijuana, hashish, cannabis-laced edibles and approximately $30,000 in cash, according to a statement by the U.S. Department of Justice. No arrests were reported.

COLMA CITY COUNCIL BANS MEDICAL MARIJUANA CLUBS

Officials Cite Crime Associated With Other Dispensaries in Area

COLMA -- Medical marijuana dispensaries are now banned from this town.

While no one has applied to open up shop, the Colma City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Wednesday night to prohibit any establishments that would sell medical marijuana.

Police Chief Robert Lotti said city staff has discussed the issue for more than a year and that it was just "time to take it off the back burner and get it done."

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this Saturday's (8/18) grow class has been canceled.  Classes should resume again next month. 

CALIFORNIA IN BID TO IMPOSE 7.25% SALES TAX ON CANNABIS

FOR decades, smoking marijuana has been an illicit affair, a key anti-establishment ritual for America's counter-culture underground.

But the legalisation of the drug for medicinal purposes in California has presented its advocates with a dilemma: to remain firmly on the wrong side of the law or accept a demand to pay taxes on its sale.

Marijuana prescribed by a doctor for health reasons was decriminalised in a state-wide referendum in 1996 and has grown into a billion-dollar industry.

CALIFORNIA: Board of Equalization targets medical marijuana sales; some retailers approve, others wary of federal meddling

By Judy Lin - Bee Capitol Bureau

Published 12:00 am PDT Saturday, April 7, 2007
Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A4

When it comes to the sale of medical marijuana, California is seeing green.

For the first time since voters passed Proposition 215 more than a decade ago, state tax assessors are reaching out to the state's estimated 150 to 200 medical marijuana retailers to get them to pay their state and local sales taxes.

All supporters of Oaksterdam are encouraged to attend August 8th's Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council's meeting.  DON'T BECOME A VICTIM.  Do your part in learning how you can prevent crime in our community.