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may need to adapt our business model. but i'll tell you one thing for sure and certain, we will keep the commitment that we made to our patients six years ago, more than six years ago, to provide them with the highest quality medicine and the highest quality patient care possible. that we will never, ever abandon the patients who depend on us. ♪ >> harborside. >> please. >> attention harborside, attention harborside. the time is now 10:00 and harborside is open. please return your channels to channel three. >> how are you doing today? what do you need today? >> here's the cheese dream. >> that one's really interesting. >> thank you. then i also need a single dose bar, dark chocolate.
>> yes. >> matt davies was federally indicted for growing the very marijuana that he sold in his two california dispensaries. unlike steve deangelo at harborside health, matt is facing a criminal prosecution as a result. now matt, an mba with a wife and two young children, is facing up to 40 years in federal prison. >> the case of matt davies more than any other case in this country demonstrates the conflict between state law and federal law with regards to medical marijuana. matt davies is facing federal charges for manufacture of marijuana, even though the people of california voted overwhelmingly to permit medical marijuana use. matt worked hard to follow state law. he read the statements by candidate obama, then president obama and his justice department saying if you follow state law, you will not be prosecuted by the federal government. those statements that matt relied on ended up to be false. >> thank you, everybody. thank you. >> it was in 2008 when then-candidate barack obama
with the court date in just a few days, we're heading to san francisco to meet up with henry wikowski, the lawyer who represents harborside health center. harborside is operating in dangerous legal waters. no dispensary has ever successfully fought back against the federal government and no city has come to a dispensary's aid like oakland. the city sees harborside as a model of a responsible business, estimating it's taken $20 million out of street dealer hands. i'm morgan spurlock. nice to meet you. why did you decide to take on their case? >> i admire what they're doing. i enjoy taking on challenging cases. it would be most unfortunate if harborside were closed down because the federal government would be depriving the states and other dispensaries over a model they should aspire to emulate. harborside and you, you and
with the court date in just a few days, we are heading to san francisco to meet up with the lawyer who represents harborside health center. harborside is operating in dangerous legal waters. no dispensary has ever successfully fought back against the federal government, and no city has ever come to a dispensary's aid like oakland. the city sees harborside as the very model of a responsible business estimating it has taken $20 million out of street dealer's hands. >> i'm morgan spurlock. >> nice to meet you. >> why did you decide to take on their case? >> i admire what they are doing. i enjoy taking on challenging cases. >> it would be most unfortunate if harborside were closed down 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
patient program to allow you with some degree of medicine for free. and now we go into the secure area. >> the first stop is here, the intake department. >> this is the most weed i have ever seen in my life. >> well, you know, when you have 600 to. 800 people coming through, you have to keep some medicine in stock. >> all of the members who are part of the harborside collective are called in to have their cannabis evaluated for 800 people coming through, you have to keep some medicine in stock. >> all of the members who are part of the harborside collective are called in to have their cannabis evaluated for quality and purity. and then they have a machine that tests the potency of the plant. you guys invented that? >> yes. >> you are like the eli whitney of marijuana, and that is your cotton gin right there? >> yes. >> and the weed has to meet stiff standards. it is steps that are taken to
with some degree of medicine for free. and now we go into the secure area. >> the first stop is here, the intake department. >> this is the most weed i have ever seen in my life. >> well, you know, when you have 600 to. 800 people coming through, you have to keep some medicine in stock. >> all of the members who are part of the harborside collective are called in to have their cannabis evaluated for quality and purity. and then they have a machine that tests the potency of the plant. you guys invented that? >> yes. >> you are like the eli whitney of marijuana, and that is your cotton gin right there? >> yes. >> and the weed has to meet stiff standards.
shocked by, now i have the ability to grow marijuana, and in the state of california and in san francisco, i can grow up to 24 plants in my backyard if i so wanted to. now that i have my card, the next stop is over in oakland bay. harborside was founded in 2006 as a model of what a medical marijuana dispensary could be. this is the largest dispensary in the united states, but according to the feds harborside is the largest illegal drug distribution center in the country. and today -- >> hello, man. >> i'm harborside's newest hire. harborside faces an uncertain future, and federal efforts have forced a closure of more than 600 dispensaries in california alone. u.s. attorney melinda hague has pursued harborside with a vengeance, but they have decided
we also a care package program for low income patients that allows some degree of medicine for free. and now we go into the secure area. >> the first stop is here, the intake department. >> this is the most weed i have ever seen in my life. >> well, you know, when you have 600 or 800 patients coming through, you need to keep some medicine in stock. >> all of the members who are part of the harborside collective are called in to have their cannabis evaluated for quality and purity. and then they have a machine tests the potency and make-up of the plant. you guys invented that? >> we did. >> you are like the eli whitney of marijuana, and that is your cotton gin right there? >> yes. >> and the weed has to meet
the alcohol industry, for-profit prisons and rehab centers stand to lose billions of dollars from pot's legalization, and law enforcement as well as many government departments and career politicians could lose jobs if the war on pot ends. industries like these have a history of not letting anything get in the way of their profits. >> u.s. attorney melinda hague issued a statement about harborside which i find to be compelling. she basically says that she now needs to consider actions regarding marijuana superstores such as harborside, because the larger the operation, the greater the likelihood that there is going to be abuse of the state's medical marijuana laws and marijuana in hands of individuals who do not have a demonstrated medical need. so basically what she is saying is that you are so big and successful, and because of that, we want to make sure that by attacking no illegal ones pop up. we want to basically shut you down. it is kind of dumbfounding. so i want to call melinda hague
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