Comments on: Raid at Capitol Hemp in Adams Morgan Last Night?

By: Think

Think — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:50:17 +0000

Guess what.

Marijuana is a medicine.

Don’t you know your own country?

Or is your country cut in half?

By: MDA

MDA — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 05:28:06 +0000

2 other businesses on 18th Street were raided on Friday, including BK Newsstand. Was this an afterthought by MPD to counter Capitol Hemp owner’s claim of political retaliation? Or is this a conspiracy by MPD to crack down on anything remotely marijuana related, in anticipation of the implementation of the Medical Marijuana statutes? If they put these businesses out of business, they’re going to lose a lot of local business taxes.

When will they ever get smart and end the war on it and start taxing the substance?

By: Novatronic

Novatronic — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:06:47 +0000

I’m not convinced. My x-rays always come back clean. What, do you think people just smoke ‘em like Marlboros?

By: jt$

jt$ — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:48:23 +0000

Owner Adam Eidinger claims the raids were due to his opposition to a planned Marriott hotel (which I hadn’t heard of). The developer will be given a $48 million tax abatement. Jim Graham supports it, here’s what he had to say in a terrible quote:

Ward 1 Councilmember, Jim Graham supports the hotel.
He says, “It’s not that there’s money that’s actually being used. We’re saying if you open a hotel, you won’t have to pay taxes.”

umm, what the fuck?

http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/dcs-capital-hemp-stores-raided-102711

By: SEDC

SEDC — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:55:27 +0000

As easy as it is to be upset with the little players in this event–lets see who else had a role in tonight’s events…..

DC city council/Congress:Legislative power in DC (until Congress spanks them and tells them no) the make the laws that make things illegal if something is not illegal the police will not be able to arrest a person for the act or obtain a search warrant

DC Mayor: Hires the Chief Of Police and was on city council See above

Ward Residents who vote and call in to bug all the people above: call them old fashion but the older residents of the NW area do not like alot of things in their neighborhoods. One of these things that is often voiced in meetings, list serves etc. is ” drug shops” if these few but very active and vocal citizens did not care about the stores along with the stop signs and the person who walks with their dog of the leash then the police, mayor, city council would not care either

DC citizens: voted in the current administration or stood by while others voted them in and in a overwhelmingly shortsighted manner express frustration on those who are not in a power position to change law. Further they state ludicrous things like well there are real crimes going on over there but then fail to educate themselves on the way a city, department, or District is run so that they could actually be a part of the solution instead of the problem

Focusing on just the warrant…. this “raid” has to be approved first by a MPD official then has to go to a high ranking US attorney and then to a Superior Court judge… I do not know all the facts that MPD might know but I am going to say that it is not likely that they all were wrong about the legality of the search.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:28:15 +0000

I’ve always wondered how stores can legally sell items that CLEARLY are meant for marijuana usage. But I also wonder the legality of Police Officers who search customers who are legally purchasing items at an upstanding business. It’s almost like following a person whose carrying a legal water bong home, then breaking into their home and finding pounds of marijuana. Probable Cause? Kind of makes some people not want to shop at such places. If only we were more like Amsterdam. So can cops just constantly raid a bunch of hemp stores while declaring probable cause? This is fascinating. Meanwhile people purchase alcohol all over the place and kill each other behind the wheel. Not to say Prohibition should return, rather, weed should be legalized because it all comes down to, RESPONSIBLE USAGE.

By: anon

anon — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:11:48 +0000

Of all these people who want to end the ‘war on [some] drugs’… how many do you suppose actually vote for a smaller less powerful government?

Of all the people who say it’s harmless, how many would vote to cut funding for treatment programs?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:41:42 +0000

cigarettes and pot are different… cigarettes have all that added extra stuff… and there are a million ways to consume THC, you don’t have to smoke it… make some olive oil or serve it up in a bolognese… i hear the new thing out in Cali is THC infused wine…. HELLO!

By: Veronika

Veronika — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:36:49 +0000

FABULOUS!!!

By: Veronika

Veronika — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:12:34 +0000

paraphernalia in a head shop? you don’t say…