SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The federal government is cracking down on marijuana dispensaries and their landlords in California. In just a few months, numerous area dispensaries have shut their doors under the increased pressure. Prosecutors say tougher enforcement is necessary to protect young people and stop commercial distribution of the drug. Critics call it a direct assault on the state’s 16-year-old medical marijuana law, Proposition 215. The issue has quickly become a point of contention between Sacramento and Washington, D.C.
Please join us on Tuesday, Feb. 28th as the Sacramento Press Club welcomes U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner, who will discuss his office’s involvement in the pot dispensary crackdown. Wagner was appointed U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California in November 2009 by President Barack Obama. Wagner has been with the U.S. Department of Justice since 1992 and has served primarily in California’s Eastern District, although he did spend a year in Jakarta, Indonesia advising Indonesian prosecutors on fighting terrorism, corruption and other criminal justice matters.
Reminder: The Sacramento Press Club has moved to the Broiler Steakhouse at 1201 K Street, 15th floor!
When: Tuesday, February 28
11:30 registration opens, lunch
from noon to 1:00 p.m.
Where: The Broiler Steakhouse
1201 K Street, 15th
Floor,
Sacramento
(Restaurant will validate parking at
city-owned lot at 10th and L)
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Chicken breast with sundried tomato & artichoke sherry cream sauce and Colcannon |
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Wild mushroom Penne pasta |
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Cost: $25 members/$30 non-members
RSVP by 5 p.m. Friday,
Feb. 24 at www.sacpressclub.org.
About the Sacramento Press Club
The Sacramento Press Club is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting journalism through providing scholarships to aspiring journalism students in colleges throughout Northern California. None of our speakers receive compensation of any kind for their appearance.