Medical pot shop shut down

[Kadie]

Medical pot shop shut down

Agents raid dispensary, seize hundreds of plants at farm

By Niesha Lofing -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 2:15 am PDT Saturday, September 4, 2004

Federal agents Friday raided a Roseville medical marijuana dispensary and the owner's Newcastle farm, seizing hundreds of plants that had been the root of a neighborhood uproar.

Drug Enforcement Agency officers simultaneously served federal search warrants at Richard Marino's business and home. Marino, who opened the Capitol Compassionate Care dispensary in January, said the raids were a complete surprise.

No arrests have been made.

"I thought I was doing everything above board," Marino said during a phone interview from an undisclosed location. "I still think I'm doing everything aboveboard."

Employees at Marino's store on Lincoln Way in Old Roseville were shaken by the DEA raid. Alan Archuleta, a shift manager, said agents stormed in at 9:30 a.m., guns drawn, and yelling for everyone inside to get on the ground.

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http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/10623571p-11542295c.html

[Fovea]

1. The DEA!

Fighting John Ashcroft's culture war, one terminally ill
Patient at a time!

[Curtis]

2. That's pretty messed up

My sister purchases her "butter" from that shop. It's the only thing that helps the pain she suffers. Thanks Mr. Asscroft

[Pushed To The Left]

3. This stuff is really getting me angry

How can we call this a free country when somebody can be raided for giving people their medicine? Social conservatives are totally destroying this country. By the way, John Kerry got an "A" from "Granite Staters for Medical Marijuana"..George W. Bush got an "F". GO KERRY!!

[Kadie]

4. ***UPDATE*** Roseville Medical Marijuana Store Reopens

Roseville Medical Marijuana Store Reopens
Patients' Records Also Confiscated In DEA Raid

POSTED: 6:22 pm PDT September 8, 2004
UPDATED: 9:37 am PDT September 9, 2004

ROSEVILLE, Calif. -- Just days after federal agents raided a Roseville medical marijuana shop, the "open" sign is back up and customers are lining up.


Last Friday, agents from the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration shut down the store -- Capitol Compassionate Care -- while they executed a search warrant. They seized boxes full of marijuana, computer equipment and patient records.

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http://www.thekcrachannel.com/health/3716533/detail.html