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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Medical marijuana advocates tonight are reacting to yesterday's major pot bust at an Oakland warehouse, claiming the warehouse operation was a legitimate business approved by the city.
Initially, investigators said they had found some 1500 marijuana plants, but today they increased that estimate to 4000. Officers describe the street value to be as much as $5 million. The Highway Patrol disputes the claim that the plants were being cultivated for medicinal purposes.
Lieutenant Rob Patrick stated that the warehouse was "… not indicative of a legitimate business operation. The business itself is unmarked. The individuals operating inside the business, upon the arrival of law enforcement officials, fled."
But a spokeswoman for Oakland's medical marijuana clinics says the warehouse was operating for one of three city approved cannabis clubs: "It's all medicine. All of it is medicine that's not going to patients now. It's all in bags in custody, which means that there's going to be a lot of patients with no medicine."
On a related note, Attorney General Bill Lockyer today filed a brief on behalf of the state of California, arguing the state has the right to enforce its medical marijuana laws.
The Bay Insider
July 1, 2004
2004 by KTVU.com.
https://www.ktvu.com/news/3484222/detail.html
Initially, investigators said they had found some 1500 marijuana plants, but today they increased that estimate to 4000. Officers describe the street value to be as much as $5 million. The Highway Patrol disputes the claim that the plants were being cultivated for medicinal purposes.
Lieutenant Rob Patrick stated that the warehouse was "… not indicative of a legitimate business operation. The business itself is unmarked. The individuals operating inside the business, upon the arrival of law enforcement officials, fled."
But a spokeswoman for Oakland's medical marijuana clinics says the warehouse was operating for one of three city approved cannabis clubs: "It's all medicine. All of it is medicine that's not going to patients now. It's all in bags in custody, which means that there's going to be a lot of patients with no medicine."
On a related note, Attorney General Bill Lockyer today filed a brief on behalf of the state of California, arguing the state has the right to enforce its medical marijuana laws.
The Bay Insider
July 1, 2004
2004 by KTVU.com.
https://www.ktvu.com/news/3484222/detail.html
