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Wednesday. The businesses were allegedly not selling the drug within the limits of state Proposition 215 ..... The arrests culminated an investigation that took several months, Zeidler told the newspaper. Marijuana and marijuana -laced brownies, ice cream, chocolate and fruit bars were seized, along with a loaded handgun and thousands of dollars, she said. httb://www. l Onews.com /news/ 17107918 /detail.html Attorney General Shuts Down Illegal Marijuana Operation Written by Imperial Valley News / 25 August 2008 Northridge, California - California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced a raid on an illegal marijuana operation that used a medical marijuana dispensary as a front for massive illegal drug sales. On Friday, August 22, special agents from the California's Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement (BNE) arrested two men in Los Angeles for the illegal possession, transportation and sale of marijuana in connection with a marijuana dispensary, Today's Healthcare, in Northridge. Nathan Holtz, age 37, is the suspected middleman between northern California marijuana growers and the Today's Healthcare marijuana dispensary in southern California. Louis Godman, owner of the dispensary, admitted he conducted a profitable business with the majority of his customers being between the ages of 18 and 29 years -old. Under the Attorney General's medical marijuana guidelines, also released today, medical marijuana collectives or cooperatives should operate as not - for - profit only, serving qualified patients who've been examined by a doctor and issued a medical marijuana identification card. "This criminal enterprise bears no resemblance to the purposes of Proposition 215, which authorized the use of medical marijuana for seriously sick patients," said Attorney General Brown. "Today's Healthcare is a large - scale, for - profit, commercial business. This deceptively named drug ring is reaping huge profits and flaunting the state's laws that allow qualified patients to use marijuana for medicinal purposes. ".... http: / /www.imperialvalleynews .com /index.php? option =com content&task= view &id = 2470 &Itemid =2 During this quarter, four more cities opted to enact marijuana dispensary bans in their communities. Dispensaries banned but advocates still hopeful Nearly 2 years after Darrell Kruse first opened his medical marijuana dispensary along Indian Hill Boulevard, the Claremont City Council adopted an ordinance to officially ban the dispensaries. The decision would appear to be the final piece of the puzzle in a lengthy debate by city officials on how to deal with the controversial facilities..... http://www.claremont-courier.com/pa,tzes/Topsto!y07O2O8. l .html Council adopts ordinance prohibiting medical marijuana dispensaries By CERENA JOHNSON The Eureka Reporter / Jul 22 2008 The Fortuna City Council adopted an ordinance on Monday that prohibits the establishment and operation of medical marijuana dispensaries within city limits. The 10