US CA: Mendocino County Eliminates Pot-Growing Permits

1/29/2012

MENDOCINO COUNTY ELIMINATES POT-GROWING PERMITS

Mendocino County, a national epicenter of all things marijuana, crumpled under pressure from Uncle Sam last week and stripped itself of more than a half-million dollars in annual pot income.

The Board of Supervisors voted to cancel its novel medical marijuana permit program on Tuesday, saying federal prosecutors had threatened to sue the county if the program stayed on the books.

Under the 2-year-old program, the most comprehensive in the state, Mendocino County issued permits to cannabis collectives, allowing them to grow as many as 99 plants at a time, and the sheriff performed monthly inspections on their zip-tied bundles of pot.

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