Las Vegas, NV Dispensaries Busted

[resinryder]

This is happening today.


LAS VEGAS -- Federal agents and Metro police Wednesday raided businesses around the Las Vegas valley that are associated with medical marijuana.
A joint task force with agents from the DEA, IRS, and Metro took evidence from The Happiness Consultants, THC at 810 E. Sahara on Wednesday. That business is licensed as a medical marijuana consultant business, which means they can help people apply for medical marijuana. The agents took out boxes of paperwork.
The clinics have been under scrutiny for months. Earlier this year, the 8 News NOW I-Team went undercover and staff member at THC told our photographer that a doctor on site would have no problem writing a recommendation for marijuana even though there was no medical justification.
Under Nevada law, there are no legal ways to actually buy or sell marijuana, even for medical purposes. Dispensaries are illegal. Those who need the drug for a medical condition must grow it themselves.
Police also raided Nature's Way at 1591 Desert Inn Road and the Salvation Haven-Cannabis Dispensary at 2255 Renaissance Dr.

 

[lid]

Why do you think they did not make any arrests today?

 

[resinryder]

Beats me. With the IRS involved they already know where they live. Did you notice they had federal warrants. Can't use the State defense that the constitution says they is to be a supply in the fed court system.

 

[funkfingers]

I don't get it, why are the feds involved @ all??? Seems like a local problem to me if there is any problem @ all..

 

[rick shaw]

When multiple people are involved in a felony RICO laws apply.

 

[lid]

cops told workers at dispensary's that they where not in trouble even though they busted down doors and raided there places. They took all the medicine, paperwork, and computers. They plan on re-opening in a couple days. This where it gets fishy. A person here by the name of Dr. Reefer who everyone knows he will have nothing to do w/ meds in this state. He only helps people get there medical cards had all of his patients paper work seized. Seems like there after mmj patients information at this point. WTF is up w/ that.

 

[kmk420kali]

When multiple people are involved in a felony RICO laws apply.

Have they ever used RICO against a Dispensary??

 

[kmk420kali]

cops told workers at dispensary's that they where not in trouble even though they busted down doors and raided there places. They took all the medicine, paperwork, and computers. They plan on re-opening in a couple days. This where it gets fishy. A person here by the name of Dr. Reefer who everyone knows he will have nothing to do w/ meds in this state. He only helps people get there medical cards had all of his patients paper work seized. Seems like there after mmj patients information at this point. WTF is up w/ that.

Typical smash and grab-- They done the same thing here in Cali...take everything they can, to make it as hard as possible for them to open back up--
Fucking Bastards--

 

[Space Case]

Ha...Dr. Reefer was here in Colorado. That guy deserves to get busted...I don't care what anyone says. He's bad for the movement and he is a crook!

 

[Maj.PotHead]

so when these ppl assist someone in obtaining a med recomendation they keep paperwork on said person even if they dont buy from said place ???


FN figures when i thought i didnt have to worry, i'm still waiting on my 1 paper to get my state med id card, but i'm fully enrolled in the nv mmj program.

should i be really worried i'm sure i'll have a chopper above my home in the next few wks hittn me w/FLIR. reason for my asking is the consultant i used was one cought in the net yesterday. all he really done was make sure my paper work was filled out properly and in order then he reviewed my med records before refering me to a real DR a MD and retired nerosurgen.

 

[Maj.PotHead]

Ha...Dr. Reefer was here in Colorado. That guy deserves to get busted...I don't care what anyone says. He's bad for the movement and he is a crook!

i herd he charges as much as 600 a oz for bush weed and if my memory serves me correct he was busted here in like 00-01 after mmj became law in nv. like 20 bow of product 120+ plants and claimed the good mmj ppl of nv have no where to get thier meds.

 

[resinryder]

He was busted, they let him go. He was busted again they let him go. He was busted a 3rd time, with even more plants and weight, this time they locked him up for a while.
He's got the Dr Reefer business but can't be part of the mmj program due to being a felon involved with marijuana charges. That's why he sold his dispensary in CO. Can't own one if a felon.


As fr as the raids. Looks like they are seeing how much money the businesses made doing the recommendation paperwork stuff they do and will be checking that amount against their tax returns. If the IRS is involved it's got to do with taxes.

 

[lid]

Peeps are saying he was giving out fake recs. and thats one of the reasons why he got raided.

 

[resinryder]

I know the Happiness Consultant was caught on film saying they could pretty much get anyone approved. Knowing Dr Reefer anything is possible. So guess that'll come out later on in the news if true. The James Parsons guy, I know that if you don't have a valid reason he won't help you. I'd be really surprised if it's found out he did something like that. The guys got a real passion about what he's doing.

 

[Maj.PotHead]

so when these ppl assist someone in obtaining a med recomendation they keep paperwork on said person even if they dont buy from said place ???

James Parsons is whom assisted me outside of my sig for 4 notary stamps cant remember if i signed anything else.

shit i really didnt need this on my head i just made it through a chit week with my bro in law in the hospital. he just got out the other day

 

[DIYer]

I just heard about these raids today from my girlfriend, we're both recently enrolled in the NV MJ program ourselves. This article explains a bit: http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/09/08-15

...but what i don't get is why raid them, they can't really just be doing it for patient information, if that were the case they could get a hell of a lot more patient files in CA. Less maybe there going after a doctor for handing out MJ referrals like candy,.. but also I'm wondering about where all these dispensaries in Vegas (and if you look on weedmaps there are a shit load of them popping up around town!) are getting there bud from? And to that question i want to know where dispensaries ARE allowed to get there bud from? I was under the impression that those with MJ cards, who grow legally, can "donate" there extra bud to the dispensaries in return for a monetary "donation" from the shop. Don't quote me but i think that's how Cali does it "legally",.. too hot in Vegas to grow outside most of the year, so that being said i wouldn't doubt if there was a shortage of bud in the state, and i know getting it from out of state is illegal.

 

[Maj.PotHead]

doing it for patient information

highly doubtful if thats what they really wanted ther know where the patient list is, whom did we register with lol


after careful consideration i say F it why worrie i have more then 1 ailement that qualifies me for the program. and now with my recomendation a medical defense is my stance, thats allways what my defense was before being enrolled in the nvmmj program. now its a viable defense especially with my garden i'm not make millions or thousands


It"s my meds not any one elses



nevada really dose need to get with it and allow bills passed to allow the despensing of MMJ in the state. i mean 12 yrs ago i voted and then 10 yrs ago rattified it into law and the MMJ ppl have no where to obtain except the street unless they can grow thier own. and then grown your own law is a joke as for the plant limits no more then 7 with no more then 4 in flower with no more then 1 oz of usable product at any one time. i consume min 1 oz per wk have for 30+ yrs and when i cook with it the ammount gose up !!

i do feel for the ppl cought in this net even though they havent been charged with anything yet dosent mean in the future they wont be.

this dose exclude the asshats abusing the nv mmj program like diverisity and thc4:20 they where cought on camera sayn med records this much no records well we can get ya some for this much


shame shame on you asshats very anal retenive of ya"ll

 

[DIYer]

Anyone know how the dispensories are actually allowed to obtain there MJ?

They were given a business license to open the shop, there's got to be a way there allowed to.

Not that i think it even legal to have a medical MJ store front in NV by law, as far as i know,.. and i hate to say i said so but from day one i said it was a bad idea to open one till it's totally legal to do so like in Cali. I mean you're telling me you can't make as much money growing 99 plants a person? Which for $150 your doc can give you a paper allowing you to do here in NV.

 

[Maj.PotHead]

{ I mean you're telling me you can't make as much money growing 99 plants a person? Which for $150 your doc can give you a paper allowing you to do here in NV. }



this limit waiver is insane i'll bet w/in the yr the ppl with these 99 plant limit waivers will get poped


{They were given a business license to open the shop}

only thing they where allowed to open for under thier business license is a consulting service

all 150$ with the doc gets you is a regular mmj recomendation which the law states

7 plant max with no more then 4 maturing and no more then 1 oz of usable product

want the limit waiver thats another 150$

yes some even say grow as many as you like for the 150$

the loop hole is the shops wernt outright selling meds the suggested donation for 1/8-1/4-1/2 and oz is plainly on the jars

oh yea the smoke ive seen and smoked and herd about from these shops is no better then jungle weed nasty chit. the ppl would cream if they smoked whats in my closet

 

[DIYer]

this limit waiver is insane i'll bet w/in the yr the ppl with these 99 plant limit waivers will get poped

I don't think it does any good to make this kind of speculative comment. "Popped" for what exactly? Having the 99 plants the affidavit allows you to posses?

From what I've heard you're allowed to "donate" your extra to the dispensaries and there allowed to "donate" money to you for your labor and expenses,.. and even if you had 99 plants and didn't donate it would only take a few patients for a caregiver to make the 99 plant limit legitimately needed.

only thing they where allowed to open for under thier business license is a consulting service

Then why wasn't anyone arrested for weed? You're telling me 45 dispensaries across the valley opened up 'consulting services' at the same time and all of them decided to brake the law and sell bud too all at the same time? If we had that kind of coordination weed would be fucking legal, lol

all 150$ with the doc gets you is a regular mmj recomendation which the law states

That's IF you already have medical records, if you don't the doc alone gets $300, at least mine did.

the loop hole is the shops wernt outright selling meds the suggested donation for 1/8-1/4-1/2 and oz is plainly on the jars

I've been to a dozen shops across town and not a one has the donation amounts on the jar,.. it's written on weedmaps.com but that's it,.. and only had one person say "$60 donation" when i bought an 8th.

oh yea the smoke ive seen and smoked and herd about from these shops is no better then jungle weed nasty chit. the ppl would cream if they smoked whats in my closet

Again, mostly speculative and opinion based. I've found good and bad bud in the shops around town, same as anywhere else, all be it some ares of the country have a slightly higher percentage of good bud behind the counter. I mean come on we all know most of it is coming in from Cali, there isn't the climate here to supply the demand, so that being said it can't be that much different then your average Cali dispensary.

How are Cali dispensaries allowed to obtain there weed?