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Marijuana:
East
Bay
DEA
Raids
Take
Out
Marijuana
Candy
Supplier
3/17/06
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/427/oakland.shtml
DEA agents raided a building
in the heart of Oaksterdam, Oakland's cannabis friendly near-downtown neighborhood,
as well as locations in Emeryville and Lafayette, and arrested 13 people
Thursday in what they called "a sophisticated marijuana operation" involving
large grows as well as the production of marijuana candy and soft drinks.
The main target was Kenneth Affolter, 39, who is allegedly the main man
in a company called Beyond Bomb that manufactured the candies.
Agents said they seized thousands
of plants from four different grows, a large amount of currency, three
weapons, and hundreds of pot-laced candies and drinks. The candies
were packaged to parody well-known brands and included products called
"Buddafingers," "Rasta Reece's," "Keef Kat," and "Pot Tarts." Soft
drinks were packaged under names including "Bong's Root Beer" and "Toka-Cola."
Such products are widely
available through (perhaps now not so) mysterious channels in various medical
marijuana outlets and cannabis-friendly businesses in the Bay Area and
beyond, and provide an alternative to the inhalation of marijuana smoke
for people who cannot or will not tolerate it.
"This can be tragic," said
DEA spokesman Javier Pena. "A young child or adult could eat one
of these and drink one of the sodas. As you can tell, they mimic
the brand names."
And now Mr. DEA Man has taken
down the candy man.
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Issue #427
-- 3/17/06
Feature:
The
Misuse
of
SWAT
--
Paramilitary
Policing
in
the
Drug
War
|
Feature:
Cincinnati
Marching
Boldly
Backward
With
New
Marijuana
Ordinance
|
Feature:
Portland
Initiative
Would
Make
Marijuana
"Lowest
Law
Enforcement
Priority"
|
Hitting
the
Ground
Running
in
2006
--
With
Your
Help
|
Law
Enforcement:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Medical
Marijuana:
DEA,
Local
Cops
Raid
Another
California
Collective
--
Angel
Raich
Arrested
at
Protest
|
Marijuana:
East
Bay
DEA
Raids
Take
Out
Marijuana
Candy
Supplier
|
Free
Speech:
High
School
Student's
"Bong
Hits
4
Jesus"
Banner
Protected
by
First
Amendment,
9th
Circuit
Says
|
Medical
Marijuana:
Steve
Kubby
Back
in
Jail
for
60
Days
--
Or
Less
|
Latin
America:
Argentine
Appeals
Court
Throws
Out
Medical
Marijuana
Conviction
|
Southwest
Asia:
Afghanistan
to
Encourage
Opium
Lords
to
Invest
at
Home,
Official
Says
|
Middle
East:
Israel's
Green
Leaf
(Marijuana)
Party
Could
Win
Knesset
Seats
|
Web
Scan:
BBC,
Newsday
Rockefeller
Editorial,
A
Drug
War
Prisoner
on
the
Net
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Week
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