Clay Tepel knew there were risks to setting up a medical marijuana shop: it could lose money, be robbed or be raided by authorities.

Still, he wasn’t expecting the phone call one August day when a voice said the police were outside and he needed to open up or they would bust down the door. His first thought, that it was a joke, turned to terror when he opened the door.

Heavily armed officers in helmets, bulletproof vests and, oddly enough, Bermuda shorts stormed his store, handcuffed him, disabled security cameras and seized his drugs before taking him to jail. When he asked why his shop was invaded, an officer responded, “We’re closing them all down.”

Those words could prove prescient after Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley said last week he wants to shutter clinics that sell pot for profit. Cooley’s plan is the latest salvo in a prolonged conflict in California over whether medical marijuana is truly having its intended effect or is being abused by the larger population. (more…)

FED GOVERNMENT TO STOP PROSECUTING MARIJUANA CASES

Pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers should not be targeted for federal prosecution in states that allow medical marijuana, prosecutors were told Monday in a new policy memo issued by the Justice Department.

Under the policy spelled out in a three-page legal memo, federal prosecutors are being told it is not a good use of their time to arrest people who use or provide medical marijuana in strict compliance with state law.

The guidelines issued by the department do, however, make it clear that federal agents will go after people whose marijuana distribution goes beyond what is permitted under state law or use medical marijuana as a cover for other crimes.

The memo advises prosecutors they “should not focus federal resources in your states on individuals whose actions are in clear and unambiguous compliance with existing state laws providing for the medical use of marijuana.” (more…)

Comments have been left on various marijuana dispensary review sites claiming the buyer was arrested and their junk confiscated as they were walking from Kush Mart.

Going to a collective for marijuana in Los Angeles can be a real experience, but who wants to go to a store where there’s always cops coming!?

First hand photos of the cops watching over Kush Mart of Hollywood.

Go to Sunset Organic Collective their at 2210 Sunset. Tell ‘em Jacky sent you and they will give you the V.I.P. Mane!

Going to a collective for marijuana in Los Angeles can be a real experience, but who wants to go to a store where there’s always cops coming!?
First hand photos of the cops always hanging at Kush Mart.

Go to Sunset Organic Collective their at 2210 Sunset. Tell ‘em Jacky sent you and they will give you the V.I.P. Mane!

Blue Dream Gets HSK’s Thumbs-Up!

For today’s bud review – I had my graphics artist intern, Mike take “Blue Dream” to the test. The Sativa-type Mary Jane took Mike’s creativity to the next level. I mean, dude is a natural talent, but on “Blue Dream”, Mikey turned in his best graphics to date…leaving myself and my partner more than satisfied with his work. I asked Mike, “Where is all this energy coming from?” He replied “Blue Dream kush mane”.

My business partner and I decided to grant Mikey the green light to continue with his kush smoking habits (here at office)…that is, as long as he stays productive. Mikey assured the team that as long as he has “Blue Dream” kush in his life, he can handle a full 12 hour day of tip top creativity. BTW – we at HSK no longer pay our employees in cash. Know why? Because we pay ‘em in kush grass mane. Sunset Organic Collective gives it to us for Review and

Diana is another employee here at HSK. She serves as my editor, and boy does she ever smoke weed. Diana fell in love with “Blue Dream” the minute she took the strains smoke in – Know why? Because it keeps her editing and turning in stories, just as fast as I send them to her – so fast that shes asks me (on Blue Dream), “Is there any more work for me to do Mr. Jasper?” (more…)

Ain’t nothing like the original gangsta music, and that also applies to Miss. Mary Jane. Know why? Because, “Classic OG Kush” is a hybrid (meaning it’s a mixed strain of indica/sativa), and this bud sparked the flame of creative thinking amongst my colleagues.

My graphic designer became so enthralled with his — taking the projects to the next level, after I gave him some of the CLASSIC OG to smoke. My move was calculated as I rolled a joint up for dude… Know why? Because I’m all about productivity mane…

This bud is so amazing!! (more…)