Federal threats force Berkeley dispensary to close
Berkeley Patients Group, a leading medical cannabis dispensary open since 1999, closed its San Pablo Avenue storefront on 30 April 2012 after the US Attorney threatened to seize the property and the landlord served an eviction notice. It later reopened elsewhere in Berkeley.
🇺🇸 2747 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, California · California, United States
Berkeley Patients Group, described as a medical marijuana industry leader
serving thousands of patients, closed its storefront at 2747 San Pablo
Avenue at the end of business on 30 April 2012 and did not reopen it.[1]The dispensary had operated since October 1999 and fell victim to the
ongoing federal crackdown.[2][3]
US Attorney Melinda Haag had threatened the previous fall to seize the
property, and the landlords served an eviction notice effective the next day.[2]The dispensary had negotiated a stay through the spring after Haag’s
November 2011 warning letters to landlords, but the pressure forced it to
shut its doors, in what was called a major blow to the state’s medical
marijuana industry.[2][3]
The dispensary later reopened that fall at a new Berkeley location on San
Pablo Avenue.[4]
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