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Justice Department pressures two more pot dispensaries into closing

The federal crackdown on medical marijuana clubs continued Tuesday, as two San Francisco dispensaries blamed their closing on threats from the U.S. Justice Department. “The Justice Department sent our landlord one of those nasty letters,” HopeNet co-founder told KNTV-TV. According to The San Francisco Examiner, U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag’s office…

CA/Fed clash over medical marijuana clubs

It may be the IRS and not the DEA that puts the Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana out of business. Alliance founder Lynette Shaw was stunned when the IRS audited her 2008 and 2009 tax returns and disallowed the foundation’s business deductions, then demanded millions of dollars in back taxes.…

Oakland looks to become first US city to tax, license commercial marijuana production

Local governments in California and other Western states have tried to clamp down on medical marijuana, but Oakland has taken a different approach. If you can’t beat ‘em, tax ‘em. After becoming the first U.S. city to impose a special tax on medical marijuana dispensaries, Oakland soon could become the…