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Lauren Vazquez, an attorney and director of the Americans for Safe Access (ASA) Silicon Valley chapter, brought friends to protest the arrest of 22 suspects in operation “Up in Smoke.” The sting operation netted 22 medical marijuana workers, all of which were charged for illegally transporting marijuana in Santa Clara.

The county charges that these delivery services operated outside of the law and are charging the suspects with felony-level drug charges centered on trafficking and transportation.

Vazquez and her supporters are working to send a strong message to the county that these charges are not in line with the law and that medical marijuana is a medicine, not a street drug to be attacked at the whim of authorities.

Vazquez works for local attorney James Anthony, who specializes in medicinal marijuana dispensary land use.

[source Peninsula Press]

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