Federal agents raided the Oakland businesses and apartment of Richard Lee, California’s most prominent advocate for the legalization and regulation of marijuanarnrn

After Proposition 19 received 46% of the vote in 2010, proponents took heart. They vowed to put a measure to fully legalize marijuana on the 2012 ballot. Instead, four camps vie for funding.rnrnLike growers, dispensary operators know that broader legalization of marijuana could lower prices and bring more competitors into their business.

rnGod Med Synergistic Herbal Corp says that while the federal government devotes precious resources to harassing and intimidating medical marijuana providers, the movement to legalize marijuana continues to gain public support, recently surpassing 50% of Americans.rnrn

President Obama continues to persecute legal marijuana in an attempt to preserve his re-election bid in 2012.

USA Today reports that federal prosecutors are ramping up to persecute medical marijuana in California, perfectly timed as the next national election campaigns are on the horizon.

Continuing the federal government’s financial tactics against medical marijauna, the IRS has ruled that dispensaries cannot deduct standard business expenses such as payroll, security or rent.rnrn

One California congressman wants to change the way marijuana is taxed

The Federal Government attacks legal marijuana in California with the IRS auditing dispensaries

In Targeting The Medical Marijuana Industry, The IRS Is Pursuing Action That Could Send Shockwaves

The Sacremento Bee’s February 18th article by Peter Hecht pertaining to the IRS policy of auditing dispensaries as if they are drugs trafficers and not dispencing medicine.