Heated prescription pot users to prosecute county over canni-ban

Heated prescription pot users to prosecute county over canni-ban

Last Update: Jul 31, 2007
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Posted By: brynn galindo

BAKERSFIELD - Medical marijuana users said they will sue the county
over the closure of local pot shops.
They’re angry because Sheriff Donny Youngblood, with the blessing of
Board of Supervisors, has stopped issuing permits for the medical pot
clinics.
State law allows the clinics’ operation, but federal law does not.
After a series of federal raids by the Drug Enforcement Agency this
month alone, all six local clinics closed.
''I will be back at 2 o'clock with a letter of intent to sue the
County of Kern on behalf of the medical patients of Kern County for
not allowing us safe access to dispensaries and forcing us to go back
to the black market for our medication,” said medical marijuana
patient Jeff Clark.
A similar suit is pending in San Diego and is expected to be the
landmark case on the subject, but that case may not be decided until
next year.