Demonstrators Protest Federal Marijuana Crackdown
Peaceful protest calls for feds to stay out of Santa Barbara’s dispensaries; video from the march inside.
Year: 2008
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Federal Cannabis Patient to Lead Medical Marijuana March
Elvy Musikka arrives for Wednesday march to protest federal government’s threat to close Santa Barbara dispensaries.
Shakedown From Feds Imperils Medicinal Marijuana
After a visit from the feds, the future of Santa Barbara’s cannabis clubs uncertain.
Santa Barbara’s Medical Marijuana Update
Less than four months old, Santa Barbara’s new-fangled Medical Marijuana Ordinance flashed its teeth for the first time last week, as two separate cannabis dispensaries found themselves in Superior Court facing potential shutdown.
Law and Disorder 9-4
Two wayward surfers-lost in the fog and paddling miles offshore-were plucked from Santa Barbara Channel waters on 8/27 by the U.S. Coast Guard.
Law and Disorder 8-21
Santa Barbara resident Michael Patrick Mahoney, 51, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs agents on 8/16 at Los Angeles International Airport on charges that he intended to travel to Bangkok to have sex with children.
Law and Disorder 8-7
This year’s Fiesta celebration passed without stabbings or shootings and with minimal apparent gang activity, though police noted increased felony arrests-33, up from 21 last year-as well as increased misdemeanors-104, up from 97.
Quote of the Week
‘It is a policing problem. These medical marijuana dispensaries are a criminal magnet.’
Santa Barbara Cannabis Clubs Get Official Ordinance
The legally murky haze of rules and regulations surrounding Santa Barbara’s seven documented medical marijuana dispensaries got a whole lot easier to see through this week.
3rd District Supervisor Candidates React to Santa Barbara County Votes
Early election reactions from Steve Pappas and Doreen Farr; David Smyser missing in action.