Pot Clubs Challenge Federalism

The San Diego Tribune reports:

The warrants federal drug agents relied on to search 13 medical marijuana dispensaries last week were signed by a San Diego County Superior Court judge, not a judge from U.S. District Court.

That's no small distinction for some dispensary operators and medical marijuana activists. They note that marijuana is legal under California law if it's recommended by a doctor, and state judges are bound by state law.

The circumstances surrounding one of the largest raids of its kind in California have left patients, caregivers, advocates and defense attorneys scratching their heads.

Although no charges have been filed, dispensary operators fear arrests are imminent. They worry about where patients can get marijuana now, and what the government will do with patient records it seized. They want to know who ordered the searches, and they're suspicious of the timing.

How this is somehow legal is beyond me.It seems fewer people believe in the constitution.