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Man places casino bet with marijuana Posted by Mark Frauenfelder July 30, 2008 12:44 PM I permalink The gentleman was arrested in a Fresno, California casino after he placed a bet with marijuana in a card game. He was arrested, even though he produced a "cannabis club" card purchased on the internet. http: / /www.boingboing.net/2008 /07/30 /man - places- casino - be.html With the proliferation of dispensaries comes a significant amount of abuse of a poorly written legislation. It is quite obvious that the lack of regulation has allowed individuals to profit from this criminal activity while hiding under the guise of legitimate medical need. Many, Many Pot Growers Reside in CV By: Robert Souza: 7/29/08 The Alameda County Sheriff's Office expressed frustration over the continuing problems of medical mar�juana clubs Monday night in a lengthy presentation to the Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council. Deputy Paul Liskey told the meeting that burglaries are prevalent near dispensaries along with such violations as on -site pot smoking, gambling, and clubs keeping more than the permitted 20 pounds of marijuana in stock..... "The problem is there's no way to track the amount of marijuana sold at these shops ..... On the issue of cultivation of marijuana, Liskey said the sheriff's office spent $45,000 to eradicate outdoor and indoor illegal pot cultivation that, he said, caused theft of electricity and serious negative impacts to the environment. "There are many, many growers in Castro Valley and the Hayward area, and we're literally lining them up to take them out," Liskey said. A pot garden bust covered by The Forum in the Palomares area last month, resulted in the confiscation of 400 plants..... That raid occurred just weeks after a sweep brought in $2.4- million worth of pot from the same general area..... http://www.castrovallgyforum.com Police Make Major Pot Bust Police: More Than $1M In Pot Recovered From Pajaro / September 20, 2008 UPDATED: 1:41 pm PDT September 20, 2008 SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- Police said Friday they raided a Santa Cruz medicinal marijuana organization for dealing drugs. The undercover operation led to the arrest of five men, including the founder of the local medical marijuana patients' advocacy group, police said. Authorities said they face charges include growing and selling marijuana illegally. Police said that the men violated the spirit of medicinal marijuana and were out to simply make a profit. The postal service tipped off Santa Cruz County Drug Enforcement officers after discovering marijuana shipments out of Soquel..... "In our undercover sale at the store front (we were able to purchase) whatever size and whatever quantity of marijuana," said Phil Wowack, Santa Cruz County Sheriffs Office. At the Crystal Heights address police said they confiscated 100 pot plants and believed the person living there was mailing marijuana to customers all over the country..... The Santa 8