Oakland MMJ Dispensary Closes

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Article Last Updated: 06/09/2005 04:05:50 AM

Medical pot store closes in Oakland
Problems of affiliate in Los Angeles lead sanctioned club to shut its doors

By Cecily Burt, STAFF WRITER
Oakland Tribune

OAKLAND - One of the city's four sanctioned
medical marijuana outlets quietly closed its
doors this week; not because of a negative
Supreme Court ruling but because of problems with
one of the organization's sister pot clubs in Los
Angeles.

The doors to Compassionate Caregivers, at 2135
Broadway, were locked Wednesday afternoon, and a
tersely worded notice in a related facility two
doors down was dated June 6 and stated it was
"Temporarily closed" and apologized for the
inconvenience.

Compassionate Caregivers staff did not return
calls seeking comment, but a story posted on

WeHoNews.com, an online newspaper for the West
Hollywood community, stated that the
Compassionate Caregivers' "Yellow House" pot club
on La Brea Avenue in West Hollywood had been
raided by the Los Angeles Police Department and
IRS agents a month ago, the culmination of an
eight-month investigation into money-laundering

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and selling marijuana for profit - in violation
of state health and safety laws.

According to the story, there were several
arrests, and 800 pounds of pot and $300,000 to
$500,000 in cash were seized.

Deputy City Administrator Niccolo DeLuca said
Oakland was aware the local club had closed but
did not know for how long.

"If they are in fact closed (for good), they
were one of the four permittees (under Oakland's
medical marijuana ordinance), and the city would
have to look at replacing them," he said.

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