Feds Shutting Down Harborside...

[simply dave]

...yet another closure/asset seizure. Harborside, one of the oldest and largest MMJ dispensories in the nation, has now been targeted by the Federal gov't.

I love this...Just when gov't coffers are running dry, jobs scarce, here we have a business being shutdown...

Harborside serves about 100,000 medical marijuana users a year and pays $3 million in federal, state and local taxes annually.
"Harborside has nothing to hide or be ashamed of. We will contest the DOJ action openly and in public, and through all legal means at our disposal. We look forward to our day in court, and are confident that justice is on our side" DeAngelo said.
City officials in Oakland, which has reaped about $1 million a year in tax revenue from Harborside, are planning to join DeAngelo on Wednesday at a news conference decrying Haag's action.

 

[gatemoney]

Are you mad in this thread too?

 

[simply dave]

Livid would be a more apt description.

 

[WoodyO]

I've got some medicinal heroin that I still need to cut up and get in balloons.

 

[jnevin]

Who fucking cares? Awwwwwww, I wanna be a drug dealer.

awwww ngr awwww

 

[simply dave]

Who fucking cares?

I do. When I made the decision to become a vocal advocate in my county for MMJ I met some genuinely sick people who didn't want to take prescription opiates and chose MMJ instead. My wife is one of them as she suffers from chronic back/hip pain due to a work related injury. One of my colleagues at work used MMJ while undergoing chemo for the cancer he fought. Some of these people are too sick to grow their own. Some of these people are too poor to have land to grow or pay the utilities to grow indoor. As a result many people have to purchase through dispensaries and the Federal gov't is seeing to it that they get shutdown. Result? Local tax revenues go away and patients are forced to purchase their MMJ off the black market.

 

[jnevin]

So you want "medicine" to be prescribed when its potency is unknown and unregulated by the FDA? Sounds legit.

I'm also 100% positive everyone with a medical card has legit health issues that would warrant the use.

 

[WoodyO]

I've got roid rage

 

[jnevin]

Everyone on here that uses AAS genuinely needs HRT. Therefore, all UG labs are legit, uniform, and safe. I'll become a source and may become violent if people get near my lab so I can provide a legitimate HRT source because I know someone with low test and not because I can make a profit.

I got this guys.

 

[simply dave]

So you want "medicine" to be prescribed when its potency is unknown and unregulated by the FDA? Sounds legit.

I'm also 100% positive everyone with a medical card has legit health issues that would warrant the use.

I am not a fan of the FDA. That organization is in the back pocket of Big Pharma and Big Agra. So, do I want regulation? No...I hate my government as it is nothing but a bunch of thugs looking out for their own best interests and that of their corporate counterparts.

And to answer your 2nd argument, there are many bogus claims out there...just like in the pharmaceutical world where it's all too easy to get a script for "legal" opiates.