Drug Raids Go Hollywood as Obama Admin Breaks Promise (Again)

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agents with the help of the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles Sheriff's Department raided the Zen Healing Collective and Alternative Herbal Health Services medical marijuana dispensaries in Hollywood, California on March 15, 2011.

The warrants served were federal and law enforcement took one individual into custody, which may result in arrest.

Agents did not want to speak on camera but spokesperson for the DEA Sarah Pullen gave this statement to Reason.tv:

"The DEA, with the assistance of the LAPD and the LASD served federal search warrants at approx. 210 pm this afternoon, March 15, 2011, as part of an on-going investigation. The warrants are federal and under seal by order of the court. Locations were 7800 and 8400 blocks of Santa Monica blvd, West Hollywood. We have one individual in custody right now, which may result in an arrest. Since the warrants are under seal I am unable to discuss any details regarding the warrants or investigation at this time."

When asked about raids on medical marijuana dispensaries in California in February 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder indicated raids would end on state approved dispensaries.

"What the president said during the campaign ... will be consistent with what we will be doing here in law enforcement ... What (President Obama) said during the campaign ... is now American policy," said Holder.

Obama told the Medford Mail Tribune in Oregon during the 2008 campaign "I'm not going to be using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws on this issue."

"I think the basic concept of using medical marijuana for the same purposes and with the same controls as other drugs prescribed by doctors, I think that's entirely appropriate."

On March 10, Los Angeles voters passed Measure M, or the "pot tax," which will tax dispensaries by collecting $50 out of every thousand dollars made.

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[technologic21]

Obama's such a fucking sell-out

[lawlmann]

Go bust some meth labs Pu**ies!

[WebAnt]

Samuri, Obama's race or races has nothing to do with it. Stop race baiting! Deal with the issues at hand.

[WebAnt]

I will not vote for Obama again. I am thinking Ron Paul. With him the fed govt would be small enough to stay the hell out of our business more. So not for living under an oppressive fed govt that has too much power for our own good. :-(

[circusboy90210]

@xxxUclaSurferxxx start making obama responsible for his actions. bush did not cause the health care scare obama did . tarp??? obama pulled the trigger. iraq obama promised to be out within 6 months .

[circusboy90210]

1:18 who the fuck does he think he is???  police are answerable to the public as civil servants. they might not have to obey our commands directly but they do have to answer questions and give information.

[xxxUclaSurferxxx]

@WelfareRobot

Pulling out of Iraq.

Health Care.

Tarp. Quite a few to name 'em.

It's hard to clean up all of Bush's mistakes however.

[xxxUclaSurferxxx]

@CautionCU

Your caps lock is on X_x.

[Patricio87]

Obama lost my vote. What a loser he is.

[CautionCU]

Obama is a god damn mother fucking liar! Fucking liar! YOU FUCKING IDIOTS NEED TO STOP FUCKING TELLING ME WHAT I CAN AND CANNOT DO. YOUR NOT MY FUCKING MOMMY YOU MOTHER FUCKER! I VOTED FOR YOUR STUPID ASS NOW YOU KEEP DOING THIS SHIT YOU LIAR.