San Diego, California News Station - KFMB Channel 8 - cbs8.comDistrict attorney defends raids on marijuana dispensaries
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The district attorney is defending this week's raid on medical dispensaries throughout the county, saying they were simply drug dealers out to make a fast buck.
Authorities say 31 people were arrested in a sting that targeted medical marijuana distributors in San Diego County.
District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis said Thursday that she supports marijuana use for medical purposes - as allowed under California law - but that the distributors may have been operating stores to sell drugs illegally.
No charges have been filed. Prosecutors say possible charges include sale and possession of marijuana and firearms offenses.
San Diego police officials say personnel from federal, state and local departments raided 14 distributors and six houses Wednesday, targeting dispensaries in beach communities. They seized marijuana, $70,000 cash and six guns.
Witnesses at the raids say the police just stormed in with guns drawn and started cuffing people.
Americans for Safe Access, a medicinal cannabis advocacy group, decried the raids.
On Tuesday, the San Diego City Council voted to form a citizen's task force that will seek to clarify local laws governing the use of medical marijuana.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press.
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