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Legal, you wouldn't 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 number of dispensaries raided grew to nearly 200, resulting in over 60 federal indictments. that's more...

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 d'angelo 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 come in in here for treatment, what is the scope? >> well, we see everything from very serious illn...

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 d'angelo has been waiting for is finally here. chief federal justice maria elena james is hearing their motions, and she could effectiv...

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 believing what they said. >> today, i don't accept that my husband is going to prison. i'm afraid o...

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 one of them. i was naive for trusting our government and believing what they said. >> today i don't ...