New Kinds of Marijuana Crimes

New Kinds of Marijuana Crimes. Are you thinking of opening a medical marijuana dispensary? Perhaps you should reconsider. It is true that these depots of legal distribution can be cash cows (like any pharmacy) but there is a growing trend towards dispensary break ins. Criminals have discovered how easy it can be to pull a $40,000+ job in under 3 minutes. There are so many poorly secured dispensaries popping up all over California that they have become an easy target for thieves. Even well secured locations often find that the break-ins are deterred to late. A forced entry can cause thousands of dollars in damage even if the cash and the crop is left behind. More from an article in the Durango Herald

Pot o' Gold

New York State democrats are pushing to legalize medical marijuana. They profess that the herbs medicinal properties can help many serious illnesses like cancer but confess an ulterior motive. They propose that the $15 million that they can generate annually in licensing fees are a nice start on bridging the $9 billion dollar budget gap. The Republicans claim that the Democrats budget proposal is full of 1 time fixes. Will partisan politics ever come the the realization that the real arguments should be about compassion and freedom. They will never be able to maintain a tidy budget...more from the source here.