MI Raids

Feds turning screws???
http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2011/12/police_search_richville_medica.html

The take I got from the story is it was all state law enforcement. It seems the state govt. is making it difficult for them, not the Feds.

When googled more than one story was wrote about this. I posted what looked to be the longest. I know I read else where that there was heavy Fed assistance from the DEA. Here is one mention...

"Investigators received significant assistance from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration."
http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20111209/NEWS05/111209010

cephalopod said:

When googled more than one story was wrote about this. I posted what looked to be the longest. I know I read else where that there was heavy Fed assistance from the DEA. Here is one mention...

"Investigators received significant assistance from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration."
http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20111209/NEWS05/111209010

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Interesting. It stated the feds gave significant assistance to a state investigation...but did not take it over. Normally when the feds get involved with a state issue that interests them, the feds take jurisdiction over it.
It sounds like the feds are helping, but not interested enough to take the case over. It still sounds like a pissed off state issue.

For all eyes to see. So maybe it was the Feds, the director of the county drug task force says "We wanted nothing to do with it," Gray said and so on have a read..[h=1][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]Medical marijuana raids net no arrests | The Times Herald | thetimesherald.com[/FONT][/h][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]About 3,500 patients in the Thumb are without their supply of medical marijuana after raids on several medical marijuana compassion centers.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]Bill Gray, director of the Sanilac County Drug Task Force, said he didn't think the raids would net enough evidence to mount a case against the compassion centers.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]Officials have not charged or arrested anyone after the Dec. 9 raids, authorized by the Tuscola County Prosecutor's Office.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]Authorities carried out searches Dec. 9 at Blue Water Compassion Center locations in Kimball Township in St. Clair County, Denmark Township in Tuscola County, and Worth Township and Lexington in Sanilac County. Authorities also raided a greenhouse in Lexington as well as the home of Debra Amsdill, who owns the facilities.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]Controlled substances, money and computers were among the items seized during the raids, which were part of a yearlong investigation into violations of Michigan's Controlled Substances Act, assisted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]Amsdill said she was not at liberty to say how many marijuana plants were taken.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]The compassion centers remain open as a resource and to answer questions patients might have, Amsdill said.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]"Patients are quite concerned, and are left in the lurch," Amsdill said. "People counted on our professionalism and on our ability to guide them to proper treatment of their conditions."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]The compassion center's patients often have debilitating conditions such as cancer and multiple sclerosis. Clients range in age from 35 to 82 years old, Amsdill said.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]Amsdill said she's had to comfort crying patients and has collected letters from others. Without the compassion center to supply them with medical marijuana and unable to drive to another center, Amsdill said she knows some of her patients are considering turning to the streets to find a source.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]"It really is really heartbreaking," Amsdill said.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]During the raid at the Lexington location, Amsdill said about a dozen patients were forced to the ground at gunpoint and handcuffed as police searched the facility.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]"People who have cards have disabilities ... treating them like that is unacceptable," Amsdill said.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]Worth Township officials placed the Blue Water Compassion Center on their Dec. 21 meeting agenda, per Amsdill's request, to offer a public forum for discussion about the raid. The meeting drew about 30 people -- many of whom expressed their sympathy to Amsdill.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]Amsdill said during the meeting she does not have a salary and does not take personal compensation from the compassion centers she owns.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]The meeting also included a presentation by Gray, who said the task force did not have input in the raids on the Blue Water Compassion Center sites.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]"We wanted nothing to do with it," Gray said.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]Michigan voters passed a law in 2008 that allowed for the legalization of medical marijuana in the state. The law is not what voters thought they were going to get, Gray said.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]"We're two years into this, and (the law) is almost unenforceable," Gray said.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]Amsdill said she respects Gray, and turns to him when she has questions about the law.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]"We have a working relationship and have kept in contact in the ever-changing industry," Amsdill said.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]Gray conjectured the raids were likely based on information obtained from undercover agents visiting the centers and buying marijuana.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]"I am confident that the Blue Water Compassion Center was not selling or distributing marijuana to anyone unless they had a registered medical marijuana card," Gray said.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]As the search warrants were issued by the Tuscola County Prosecutor's Office, cases would be tried in Tuscola County.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]If authorities bring charges that result in a trial but no convictions, Gray said they could be liable to pay the compassion center back for the plants seized, at about $1,000 per plant.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]"There may be more bitten off here than anyone can chew," Gray said.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]The Thumb Narcotics Unit, Michigan State Police, Flint Area Narcotics Group, Denmark Township Police Department and Tuscola County Sheriff Department participated in the searches. The St. Clair County Drug Task Force assisted during the raid at the Kimball Township center.[/FONT]






http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20111229/NEWS01/112290307/Medical-marijuana-raids-net-no-arrests

Kind of sucks the taxpayer has to pay lawman to bust people then pay lawman to pay people back for the bust.

yeah makes alot of sense now were double poor im sure they dont care it isnt there money just like the tax bracket its not there money either but we sure had to pay them money to get legal ..dont seem fair does it