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Legal, you wouldnt have the worry about the feds knocking down your door. this policy shift led to medical marijuana dispensaries proliferating in all states that previously legalized it. but in the following two years of its release, the department of justice actually increased its raids. in 2011 as the crackdowns continued, the justice department released a subsequent memo saying that medical marijuana patients would be free from prosecution, but not industrial growers. by april 2012, the numb...

Pursued harborside with a vengeance, but they have decided to fight back. within a month, the courts will decide whether or not harborside can continue to do business in california. >> it is a lot nicer than i thought it would be. it looks like a pot health clinic. it smells like my college bedroom. >> steve dangelo is the executive director and co-found over harborside center. >> welcome to harborside. >> nice to meet you. >> you, too. >> what are the ailments that people are seeking when they ...

That has stood up to the medical government. they have done it to other dispensaries, but they have quietly closed down. >> why do more people not fight back? it is expensive and scary, and the odds are overwhelming and very few people are willing to stand up to the united states of america, and that is what he is willing to do. he is willing to make a sacrifice for what he believes in. this is the united states of america versus harborside. >> the day steve dangelo has been waiting for is fin...

Became the downfall, we knew that steve was beholdtone the wholesale market, and thus the patients were paying much higher prices really than they should have to. we thought how can we do it better than steve? we can vertically integrate to lower the price of medicine so we can offer the same equivalent product that steve did at 40% less. >> there you go. >> when i plotted my worst case scenarios, the idea of federal intervention was never one of them. i was naive for trusting our government and...

Right. the only way we diverged, which i guess became our down fall, we knew steve was beholden to that wholesale market, and thus his patients were paying much higher prices really than they should have to. and we thought how can we do it better than steve? we can vertically integrate so we can lower the price of medicine so we can offer the same equivalent product as steve did at 40% less. >> here you go. >> when i thought of my worst case scenarios, the idea of federal intervention was never ...

Continued, the justice department released a subsequent memo saying that the marijuana medical patients would be free from prosecution, but not industrial growers. by april 2012, the number of dispensaries raided grew to nearly 200 and resulting in over 60 federal indictments which is more raids in the first four years of the obama administration than the eight years of the bush administration. >> harborside was a model that we looked to and were happy with. we thought that steve was a pioneer i...

And very few people are willing to stand up to the united states of america, and that is what he is willing to do. he is willing to make a sacrifice for what he believes in. this is the united states of america versus harborside. >> the day steve dangelo has been waiting for is finally here. chief federal justice maria elena james is hearing their motions, and she could effectively shutdown harborside for good. >> i came from kentucky. i love you. i love you. i love your brother. >> i know if i ...

Alone. u.s. attorney melinda hague has pursued harborside with a vengeance, but they have decided to fight back. within a month, the courts will decide whether or not harborside can continue to do business in california. >> it is a lot nicer than i thought it would be. it looks like a pot health clinic. it smells like my college bedroom. >> steve dangelo is the executive director and co-found over harborside center. >> welcome to harborside. >> nice to meet you. >> you, too. >> what are the ailm...

Today will likely shape the future for cannabis for patients and proprietors and for all of the states with these laws on their books. >> im all set, baby. >> we are going to win. >> absolutely. that is what we came here to do. >> for steve, a win is everything. a loss would be devastating.

Because the federal government would be depriving the states and the other dispensaries of a model they should aspire to emulate. harborside and you, and you and harborside are the first medical marijuana cannabis dispensary that has stood up to the medical government. they have done it to other dispensaries, but they have quietly closed down. >> why do more people not fight back? it is expensive and scary, and the odds are overwhelming and very few people are willing to stand up to the united...