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.
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