Despite Obama Admin’s Promise,
DEA Continues Raids on Medical Marijuana Growers
Colorado - Feb. 13, 2010
On Thursday, a Denver news station interviewed Chris Bartkowicz
about his medical-marijuana operation in the basement of his home.
Bartkowicz, confident of his compliance with state laws,
boasted of its size and profitability.
“I’m definitely living the dream now,” he told 9News.
The following day, drug-enforcement agents raided his home,
placed him under arrest, and carried off dozens of black bags of
marijuana plants and growing lights.
The Obama administration promised in October that the federal government
would respect state laws allowing the growing and selling of marijuana
for medicinal use, but the Drug Enforcement Agency sent a loud message
with the arrest of Bartkowicz.