It was hailed as a huge step forward for the American medical marijuana program as the worlds first "Marijuana ATM" machine was unveiled to the world recently in Los Angeles.

It meant for the first time ever, medical patients could buy their marijuana, a right which had been granted as a result of their doctor deeming marijuana a worthwhile treatment for their respective condition, no matter what time of the day or night it was. 

Unfortunately the sweet taste of success was short-lived for the owner and founder of the Herbal Nutrition Center, and eye-witness GM Gardner gives his account of what transpired the day the DEA came calling. 

Well, I live around the block from the cannabis dispensary that was home to that beautiful machine. The HNC is clean, quiet, and everyone who works there is really nice.

This particular evening, as I was taking my Friday night constitutional down to the 7-11 for beer, a horrible sight sprang into view.

Government sanctioned "smash & grab"

Guess who came calling? The DEA. The dispensary’s manager, who was walking around outside when I strolled by, told me that a group of federal thugs agents smashed not only the ten-foot window you see above, but also over twenty glass display cases inside.

They then proceeded to steal all the medicine.

This isn’t the first raid, either. The HNC was smashed to pieces last year by the DEA, on suspicion of carrying too much medicine, but were quickly cleared of any wrongdoing.

The Feds just wanted to rattle them up a bit. However, the first DEA raid led the HNC owner to install that headline-grabbing vending machine in lieu of another break-in. He figured they would just take the machine and leave the interior of the dispensary intact?

Nope!

Remember, this is a state certified business. It is legally entitled to operate in every way under California law and was doing absolutely nothing wrong.

Don’t think we’re living under the thumb of soft fascism?

Even if you don’t use cannabis, or for some reason have a problem with others using it, you should be disturbed by your federal government’s continued abuse of state’s rights.

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