Feds bust major marijuana operation, agency says

[alp227]

Source: CNN

(CNN) -- Federal agents capped a two-year investigation Friday with dozens of arrests they say have broken open a marijuana smuggling operation that "dominated" the New York market for two decades, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement announced.

Among those arrested were Kareem "Biggs" Burke, a founder of rapper Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella Records, and High Times magazine ad salesman Matthew "Magazine Guy" Stang, ICE said.

"These criminal organizations have allegedly dominated the illegal marijuana market in New York City for almost 20 years," said Special Agent in Charge James T. Hayes, Jr. "The high profile stature of some of the alleged members of these organizations is especially troubling."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/10/15/florida.drug.bust/index.html

[Warpy]

1. High stature means high functioning

and that means all the horseshit you guys spout about pot is dead wrong.

Get a real job, guys, and stop trying to be nannies to adults who outgrew them long ago.

[Ozymanithrax]

2. Send them to prison...

They can run their organization from the inside.

[boppers]

3. Yet another reason to buy local.

As soon as you start buying from (and supporting) multi-state operations, you're damaging all the good local mom-and-pop operations.

See, it works for things besides restaurants and stores! :)

[greiner3]

4. I've bought 'Grove City Groovy' For decades;

And won't go back.

[tabasco]

5. I feel so much safer!

Thank you federal government for protecting me from all that DEMON WEED!

[urotsukidoji]

6. THE DEFINITIVE BOOK on this subject

For those individuals that wish to assess the true Science of the cannabinoids for themselves - without all of the lies and politics so common to this "debate" - I suggest you all read a brilliant new book called "The Pot Book," edited by Julie Holland, MD. (It's available from Amazon for around $12 and, no, I don't work for the company).

http://www.amazon.com/Pot-Book-Complete-Guide-Cannabis/dp/1594773688/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1287462423&sr=8-1

I have found no better resource for the Truth.