DEA RAIDS COMPLIANT COLLECTIVES IN SOCAL

Recently the Department of Justice told the Los Angeles Times that the cannabis
crackdown in California will only continue in the future if the state doesn’t
get its act together. “If you don’t want us prosecuting [marijuana users] in
your state, then get your regulatory act together,” announced Deputy Attorney
General James M. Cole.

Only weeks later, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
raided two collectives in Los Angeles, at The Farmacy in West Hollywood and
another collective in Westwood, that were reportedly “fully compliant with
state laws,” according to The Huffington
Post. DEA officials claimed that the raid was “executing a warrant,” but
could not comment further on that account.

The decision to raid those two collectives appear unwarranted,
and even The Farmacy Owner, Calvin, is unsure of its relevance. “We are
completely in the dark as to why this happened. We have been around for close
to 10 years in Los Angeles and are completely 100 percent state-compliant and
we pay our taxes,” Calvin commented. In fact, this is reportedly the first time
that The Farmacy has been raided in its 10-year history doing business in the
city.

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Unfortunately, The Farmacy’s products were seized by the
police. However, as of this writing Calvin intended to open up shop again the
following week to continue business as usual. Although there was hope earlier
in the year that raids in Southern California might stop, there doesn’t seem to
be any end to the DEA’s presence in the cannabis industry any time soon