Government
Federal agents crack down on Calif. marijuana producers
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted July 18, 2005
Federal agents in California unsealed charges against 19 individuals in June, accusing them of growing and trafficking marijuana through dozens of locations in the San Francisco area. Three medical marijuana dispensaries were among those charged.
Fifteen people were arrested and more than 9,000 marijuana plants were seized in the operation, which came just two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal law prohibiting the sale of narcotics superseded California state law that allows patients to use medical marijuana if doctors recommend it.
The seized marijuana plants had an estimated street value of more than $5 million, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2005/07/18/gvbf0718.htm.