Friday, February 15, 2013

Oakland marijuana dispensary lawsuit tossed

Fresno Bee
Oakland's lawsuit claiming federal officials are illegally trying to shut down a medical marijuana dispensary has been tossed by a federal magistrate judge. Oakland was the nation's first city to take on federal enforcement actions aimed at closing down the pot dispensaries. On Thursday, the San Francisco magistrate judge dismissed the lawsuit filed in October and ruled federal efforts to close Harborside Health Center in Oakland can proceed.