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Oakland’s Harborside Health Center, widely considered the world’s largest medical cannabis dispensary, was handed a huge legal victory Friday when a superior court judge ruled that their landlord cannot evict the business on the grounds that it violates federal law, reports The Huffington Post.
Harborside became the latest victim of the federal government’s aggressive crackdown on California’s medical cannabis operations in July, when U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag began forfeiture proceedings against the marijuana megastore
Harborside’s landlord promptly began eviction proceedings in response to the federal pressure.
Six-year-old Harborside, which operates in both San Jose and its flagship location in Oakland, serves nearly 108,000 medical marijuana patients and sells roughly $20 million in products each year, generating $3 million in local, state and federal tax revenue annually. And its widespread community has spent the past four months fighting for its survival.
