D.A. Asks DEA to Relent on Medical Marijuana
Dist. Atty. Terence Hallinan asked the federal Drug Enforcement Administration on Monday to rethink its campaign against California doctors and medical cannabis providers.
“I urge Administrator [Asa] Hutchinson to respect our city’s approach to medical marijuana, which has reduced crime, saved money and contributed to public well-being,” Hallinan said. “Any move to close the dispensaries will result in sick people trying to get marijuana from street vendors.”
On Oct. 22, DEA agents searched the Los Angeles Cannabis Resource Center and seized computers, financial documents, 400 marijuana plants and medical records of about 3,000 current and former patients, a center spokesman said.
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