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U.S. Attorneys Hold Press Conference on Federal Medical Pot Crackdown

After news broke on Thursday that the feds were planning a new crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries throughout California, many medical-pot patients and advocates cast the sky is falling€ scenarios in which every dispensary in the state would be out of operation by Thanksgiving. But at the press conference held Friday at the Sacramento Federal CourtHouse, U.S. Attorneys for the four districts of California clarified that initially, at least, they will be targeting dispensaries in close proximity to schools, parks, sports fields and other locales generally inhabited by children. Additionally, they will go after what U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner (Eastern District) described as significant commercial operations,which includes rural farmland utilized for medicinal cannabis cultivation. Also, dispensaries located in cities and counties that have licensed and taxed pot shops will feel the Fedsa's wrath, especially after an appellate court ruled earlier this week that Long Beach
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