Yesterday, federal agencies led by the Department of Homeland Security raided roughly 12 medical marijuana dispensaries operating in Montana, where medical marijuana is legal. This appears to be a thinly veiled attempt to influence the Montana state legislature, which was…
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Monthly Archives: March 2011
What yesterday’s Montana raids tell us about Drug War reform
Tagged with: asset forfeiture, BATF, California, DEA, DHS, doctors, Montana, Morgan Fox, Paul Armentano, SWAT raids
Posted in Drug War, federal, states
Posted in Drug War, federal, states
Breaking…DEA raids in Montana
John Masterson from Montana NORML is live-blogging news of DEA/FBI/ATF raids on medical marijuana dispensaries in Montana, here. The raids appear to be “smash ‘n grab” raids, where businesses legal under state law have their cash, inventory, computers, bank accounts,…
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Tagged with: ATF, DEA, dispensaries, FBI SWAT raids, medical marijuana, Montana
Posted in Drug War, federal, states
Posted in Drug War, federal, states
Texan prosecutor Joe Frank Garza pleads guilty to misappropriating $2 million
From the San Antonio Express-News: A former four-term Jim Wells County district attorney pleaded guilty Monday to a felony count of misappropriating more than $2 million in asset forfeiture funds. Joe Frank Garza, 64, whose last term ended in 2008, was…
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Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich does his best to report 2010 Missouri forfeitures – Law enforcement does not exactly help
Yesterday, Missouri State State Auditor Tom Schweich did his statutory duty by releasing his annual Criminal Activity Forfeiture Act report for 2010. Unfortunately, prosecutors and other law enforcement officials across the state fell down on their duties by failing to…
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Tagged with: compliance, equitable sharing, Missouri, St. Louis Riverfront Times, Tom Schweich
Posted in federal, states
Posted in federal, states
