TAHOE MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROVIDER REOPENS

A South Lake Tahoe medical marijuana provider reopened this week
after shutting its doors following a raid by the U.S. Drug
Enforcement Agency in January.

Patient to Patient Collective reopened next door to its previous
location at 2314 Lake Tahoe Blvd. on Monday, according to a spokesman
for the collective, who said the group will soon offer a full line of
marijuana products to eligible patients.

In March, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder indicated the federal
government would change how it handled medical marijuana dispensaries.

Holder said federal agents would only target medical marijuana
dispensaries if they violated both state and federal laws. Under the
Bush administration, federal agents targeted medical marijuana
dispensaries in California even if they complied with the state's
medical marijuana laws.

Federal agents seized 10 pounds of processed marijuana and a small
amount of cash during January's raid, but no arrests were made.