Kent medical marijuana store closes because of DEA letter - Kent Reporter

Kent medical marijuana store closes because of DEA letter - Kent Reporter
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Kent still has one operating medical marijuana business that city officials are aware of, Herbal Choice Caregivers in North Kent. That business closed temporarily after the city ban, but reopened earlier this summer. The city has sent a letter to the business to ask it to close.
Deryck and Columba Tsang operate Herbal Choice Caregivers, Fitzpatrick said. Deryck Tsang also is one of the plaintiffs who has filed a lawsuit against the city challenging the city's prohibition on medical marijuana collective gardens.
City prosecutors charged Tsang and Lambert last year with misdemeanor crimes of possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, criminal attempt - possession with intent to deliver marijuana and criminal attempt - delivery of marijuana and conspiracy.
"Those cases are pending and scheduled for trial beginning Nov. 2," Fitzpatrick said.
Douglas Hiatt, an attorney who represented Evergreen and is the campaign chair of Sensible Washington, which supports legalizing marijuana, said the federal government is pushing hard to shut down medical marijuana stores. [ read more at link]