Federal officials are warning California medical marijuana dispensaries they must shut down within 45 days or face criminal prosecution and having their property confiscated.
The state's four U.S. attorneys sent letters Wednesday and Thursday notifying at least 16 pot shops or their landlords that they are violating federal drug laws, even though medical marijuana is legal in California. The attorneys are to announce their coordinated crackdown at a Friday news conference.
Letters from the U.S. attorneys state that federal law "takes precedence over state law and applies regardless of the particular uses for which a dispensary is selling pot."
Thoughts are that a glut of wrongfully obtained medical marijuana prescriptions helped opponents of the drug push their campaign to close the shops.
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