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US: Pot Protests Engulf Long Beach!

Nick Schou

OC Weekly

Tuesday 01 Nov 2011

With the criminal trial of a pair of popular local pot crusaders and the city's plan to prohibit marijuana as a backdrop, cannabis activists from throughout Southern California are descending on Long Beach today and tomorrow. So far, they've planned protests downtown both at both city hall and the courthouse next door. Their message: the "entire state of California is under attack from the Federal Government" and the "world is watching what transpires in Long Beach."

The first protest is scheduled for today at 4 p.m. in front of Long Beach City Hall at 333 W. Ocean Blvd., in anticipation of the city council's meeting tonight, when council members are expected to hear an update on a proposed ordinance reversing the city's current policy of allowing medical marijuana dispensaries to operate.

As the Weekly previously reported, that policy was called into question by a lawsuit filed by marijuana patients whose collectives lacked a city permit and had been shut down. The lawsuit argued that because marijuana was illegal under federal law, the city had no right to regulate cannabis dispensaries. As a result, cities throughout California that have tolerated cannabis collectives are being forced to reevaluate their stance. Oops.

Protest number two is scheduled for tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. on the steps of the Long Beach Courthouse at 415 W. Ocean Blvd., where Joe Byron and Joe Grumbine, who used to operate two collectives in town, as well as the Unit D collective in Garden Grove, are being tried for selling marijuana. The pair are being denied the right to argue that they were doing so legally. Supporters are being asked to attend a hearing in their case that morning, and then to regather afterwards, at which time Grumbine will deliver a brief statement.

Further protests are already in the works for next week, so stay tuned for more information as it comes here at Navel Gazing's all-marijuana-all-the-time-blog, Cannabis Chronicles.

http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/cannabis_chronicles/

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