Pubdate: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 Source: Thousand Oaks Acorn (CA) Copyright: 2010 J.Bee NP Publishing, Ltd. Contact: http://www.toacorn.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3872 Author: Nancy Needham Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 (Cannabis - California) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal) POT DELIVERY BUSINESS BUSTED IN T.O. The Mary Jane's Bud website claims the Thousand Oaks business is a legitimate medical marijuana provider with doorstep delivery service. But police say Mary Jane's Bud owners Fabian Citraro, 32, and Amanda Citraro, 30, of Thousand Oaks allegedly broke the state's medical marijuana law. "The business delivered to every community in Ventura County, even as far as Ojai," said Thousand Oaks police narcotics Sgt. Robert Thomas. The state's marijuana law is complicated, but it's clear that nobody is allowed to profit personally from marijuana sales, Thomas said. On Sat., June 6, after a monthlong investigation by police, the couple were arrested for marijuana sales involving delivery, Thomas said. Thomas described food products, allegedly found in the refrigerator inside the Citraro's home in the first block of Teardrop Court, as marijuana added to butter. The mixture was allegedly accessible by their small children, so the couple were also arrested for child endangerment. "Marijuana butter is used as a cooking aid," Thomas said. About 200 marijuana plants were seized along with $41,000, he said. Mary Jane's Bud was in the 3500 block of Old Conejo Road. Investigators used search warrants there, at the couple's home and in a business complex in the 3400 block of Old Conejo Road. Police allege marijuana plants were being cultivated. Orders were taken by phone or via the Internet. The couple were booked into the Ventura County Sheriff's Pre- Trial Detention Facility and are scheduled to appear in Ventura County Superior Court on July 6. The investigation is continuing, Thomas said. Californians voted in favor of Proposition 215-the Compassionate Use Act of 1996-which decriminalized the cultivation and use of marijuana by seriously ill people. In 2004 a new law required the California Department of Health to create a program for voluntary registration of qualified medical marijuana patients and their primary caregivers to help law enforcement identify those who were legally allowed to cultivate, possess and transport certain amounts of marijuana without arrest. According to a 2008 attorney general's report, patients and caregivers who have a special identification card may possess 8 ounces of dried marijuana and maintain no more than six mature or 12 immature plants per patient or an amount consistent with a doctor's recommendation. Another law allowing more people to legally use marijuana is on the Nov. 2 California ballot. Under that ballot measure, possession of 1 ounce or less of marijuana would be legal for anyone at least 21 years old. It would be lawful to grow restricted amounts for personal use. Sales of marijuana would be limited to 1 ounce for adults 21 or older. Currently, possession of one ounce or less is a misdemeanor punishable by a $100 fine. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom