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Marihuana medicinal: DEA confisca marihuana medicinal incautada por policía de Seattle

by Martin Arangurí, August 06, 2008, 10:26pm

El Estado de Washington tiene una ley sobre la marihuana medicinal y la Ciudad de Seattle una ordenanza que vuelve los delitos de marihuana la menor prioridad de la fuerza pública, pero eso no impidió a la policía de Seattle allanar a Lifevine, una cooperativa de marihuana medicinal, hace dos semanas, incautando cientos de historias clínicas y 344 gramos de brotes secos y varios kilogramos de hojas.

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bolsas de marihuana medicinal en California (por cortesía de Daniel Argo vía Wikimedia)
Tras la estela de críticas mordaces, el fiscal Dan Satterberg de la Comarca de King se negó a denunciar ante la Justicia a Martin Martínez, administrador de la cooperativa, y ordenó la devolución de las historias clínicas. Pero la policía no devolvió la propiedad robada de la cooperativa – la marihuana medicinal.

Ahora se ha hecho evidente que jamás se va a devolver la marihuana medicinal. El miércoles la Policía de Seattle anunció que la DEA, a instancias de Jeff Sullivan, procurador de EE.UU., se agarró el remedio el viernes pasado.

La DEA confirmó secamente que había incautado el medicamento. “Como corresponde, la DEA ha confiscado y procesado la marihuana para destrucción; eso da por concluida esta cuestión”, dijo Jodie Underwood, vocera de la agencia, en una declaración reportada por la Associated Press.

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