Paul T. Rosynsky, Oakland Tribune
Dec 20 2012
For more than six years, the federal government watched quietly as Harborside Medical Center grew to become the nation's largest medical marijuana dispensary despite knowing that its operations were illegal under federal law.
Amanda Reiman, Drug Policy Alliance
Sep 4 2012
As Democrats gather for the National Convention to banter back and forth about the issues most important to Americans, one platform that is conspicuously absent is the Federal crackdown on medical marijuana.
Chris Roberts, San Francisco Weekly
Aug 22 2012
We're no police theorist, but the goals of a law enforcement action are simple: to prevent, to intervene, or otherwise dissuade behavior deemed illegal.
Chris Roberts, San Francisco Weekly
Aug 10 2012
Aside from strikes at the medical marijuana industry's most vocal, visible, and influential leaders, little rhyme or reason has accompanied the federal Justice Department's crackdown on California cannabis.
Suzanne Stathatos, San Francisco Weekly
Aug 2 2012
There were plenty of tears shed during yesterday's funeral procession dedicated to medical marijuana and all the local dispensaries that have closed in the last year.
Chris Roberts, San Francisco Weekly
Jul 18 2012
The number of medical marijuana dispensaries in San Francisco will dip to a nearly 10-year low on Aug. 1, when two more permitted pot clubs will close under pressure from the federal Justice Department.
Ronnie Cohen, Reuters
Jul 13 2012
Officials in the city of Oakland rebuked federal prosecutors on Thursday for seeking to shut down a medical marijuana dispensary that bills itself as the world's largest in the latest clash over a federal cannabis crackdown in Western U.S. states.
Janet Novack, Forbes
Jul 13 2012
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Kevin Fagan, San Francisco Chronicle
Jul 12 2012
Harborside Health Center's co-founder said Thursday that he will fight the federal government's effort to shut down his sprawling medical cannabis complex in East Oakland.
Lisa Leff, The Associated Press
Jul 12 2012
An Oakland medical marijuana dispensary that has been billed as the largest pot shop on the planet has been targeted for closure by federal prosecutors in Northern California, suggesting that a crackdown on the state's medical marijuana industry remains...
