Law Enforcement and Medical Marijuana in Maine

I just wanted to start a thread where we can collect news articles about caregivers that involve arrests, prosecutions, and any other information on how to avoid law enforcement while still following the Laws and statues of the state of Maine.



***disclaimer**** this is not a thread on how to avoid law enforcement illegally. Merely a thread of compiled articles of arrests, articles on laws, and discussion of best practices to keep both growers and law enforcement satisfied.

http://www.mpbn.net/News/MaineNewsArchive/tabid/181/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3475/ItemId/17193/Default.aspx


important quotations from the article,


" But Maine U.S. Attorney Thomas Delahanty says that contrary to what some might think, the federal government has not releaxed its position on medical marijuana.

"There hasn't been any change in the federal law, and if they're entering in this business they know it's a violation of federal law," Delahanty says. "And nobody has ever said that the federal government--whether it'd be here in Maine or in California or anywhere in between--would not prosecute."
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" Delahanty says the purpose of the latest Justice Department memo, issued in late June, is not so much a departure from the 2009 memo but rather a reaffirmation that the federal government would direct its finite resources at targeting large-scale grow operations such as dispensaries, as opposed to caregivers growing marijuana for a handful of patients.

"There has been indication in places in the country that the larger the scale, the less controlled it is," Delahanty says. "And there is more opportunity for criminal elements to be involved."

Delahanty says a decision to prosecute a dispensary would be made on a case-by-case basis. He would neither confirm nor deny that there are any investigations into Maine's three dispensaries, in Auburn, Ellsworth and Frenchville. "

"Despite the federal government's classificaiton of marijuana as a schedule one drug, Roy E. McKinney, director of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, says in Maine, possession of marijuana is considered the least serious type of drug offense--less serious than having codeine. "





Also....


" Hermes, spokesman for Americans for Safe Access, an advocacy group for medical marijuana patients, says the latest federal actions reinforce the hostile stance the Obama administration has taken against medical marijuana in the last two years. "We've seen more than 100 raids, aggressive SWAT-style DEA raids in at least seven states, we've seen dozens of indictments," Hermes says. "

- could we compile a list of these or is there a thread with a comprehensive list that we could see the commonalities in these raids? this could be of maine raids and raids in other states because it is the federal government more often than not