Feds end pot raids at clinics

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Despite word from Washington that there'll be fewer federal raids on medical-marijuana dispensaries, Los Angeles police and city officials said Thursday they'll still go after storefront pot peddlers who sell to school kids and recreational users.Brandon Lowrey at the Daily News.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder declared this week that the federal Drug Enforcement Agency would not arrest medical-marijuana patients or raid dispensaries that had not broken state laws.

It was a clear break from the Bush administration's pot policy, which called for raids on medical-marijuana dispensaries even after California voters legalized them.

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