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In the past, the U.S. Attorney General said his prosecutors should only go after medical cannabis providers that were clearly violating state laws. In the past, we had also been told that operations would focus on dispensaries that operated near schools and parks. But now Melinda Haag, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District was quoted last week as saying, “The larger the operation, the greater the likelihood that there will be abuse of the state’s medical marijuana laws, and marijuana in the hands of individuals who do not have a demonstrated medical need.”

She used that justification to go after Harborside Health Center, one of the most successful and respected providers around. And she didn’t go directly after them. After all, she only said there was a likelihood of abuse. Instead of charging them with violating laws, she threatened Harborside’s landlords with asset forfeiture. She told them they could lose their buildings because they had the audacity to make a business decision to rent to a legal dispensary.
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