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California Marijuana Dispensaries Ordered By Feds To Shut Down Within 45 Days
The possible consequences include criminal prosecution or having property confiscated. According to the AP, "The state's four US attorneys sent letters Wednesday and Thursday notifying at least 16 pot shops or their landlords that they are violating
Updated: 10/06/2011 04:53P
Feds Shut Down Marijuana Shops
Now they're shutting down the California's marijuana shops, giving them 45 days to close their doors before they are liable for criminal prosecution. Four US attorneys sent letters to 16 shops, warning of the crackdown and declaring that federal law
Updated: 10/06/2011 04:53P
Feds warn California pot dispensaries to shut down
Federal officials are warning California medical marijuana dispensaries they must shut down within 45 days or face criminal prosecution and having their property confiscated. (AP file photo) Federal officials are warning California medical marijuana
Updated: 10/06/2011 04:49P
APNewsBreak: Feds target pot dispensaries
In an escalation of the ongoing conflict between the US government and the nation's burgeoning medical marijuana industry, California's four US attorneys sent letters Wednesday and Thursday notifying at least 16 pot shops or their landlords that they
Updated: 10/06/2011 04:48P
APNewsBreak: Feds target Calif. pot dispensaries (AP)
crackdown on pot dispensaries in California, warning the stores that they must shut down in 45 days or face criminal charges and confiscation of their property even if they are operating legally under the state's 15-year-old medical marijuana law.
Updated: 10/06/2011 04:45P
Feds order CA medical pot shops to shut down
Federal officials are warning California medical marijuana dispensaries they must cease operation within 45 days or face criminal prosecution and having their property confiscated. The state's four US attorneys sent letters Wednesday and Thursday
Updated: 10/06/2011 04:40P
Medical marijuana dispensaries targeted by feds
AP SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Federal officials are warning California medical marijuana dispensaries they must shut down within 45 days or face criminal prosecution and having their property confiscated. The state's four US attorneys sent letters Wednesday
Updated: 10/06/2011 04:37P
Feds target CA pot dispensaries
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal officials are warning California medical marijuana dispensaries they must shut down within 45 days or face criminal prosecution and having their property confiscated. The state's four US attorneys sent letters
Updated: 10/06/2011 04:34P
APNewsBreak: Feds target Calif. pot dispensaries
"Under United States law, a dispensary's operations involving sales and distribution of marijuana are illegal and subject to criminal prosecution and civil enforcement actions," letters signed by US Attorney Laura Duffy in San Diego read.
Updated: 10/06/2011 04:32P
Law enforcement officers go door-to-door as Cleveland's "V-GRIP" gets under way
Officials hope that if law enforcement officers canvass an entire neighborhood, residents will feel more comfortable providing information about criminal activity. Similar efforts have proved successful in other Ohio cities, including Youngstown,
Updated: 10/06/2011 04:31P