POT DELIVERY BUSINESS BUSTED IN T.O.

The Mary Jane's Bud website claims the Thousand Oaks business is a
legitimate medical marijuana provider with doorstep delivery service.

But police say Mary Jane's Bud owners Fabian Citraro, 32, and Amanda
Citraro, 30, of Thousand Oaks allegedly broke the state's medical
marijuana law.

"The business delivered to every community in Ventura County, even
as far as Ojai," said Thousand Oaks police narcotics Sgt. Robert Thomas.

The state's marijuana law is complicated, but it's clear that nobody
is allowed to profit personally from marijuana sales, Thomas said.

On Sat., June 6, after a monthlong investigation by police, the
couple were arrested for marijuana sales involving delivery, Thomas said.

Thomas described food products, allegedly found in the refrigerator
inside the Citraro's home in the first block of Teardrop Court, as
marijuana added to butter. The mixture was allegedly accessible by
their small children, so the couple were also arrested for child endangerment.

"Marijuana butter is used as a cooking aid," Thomas said.

About 200 marijuana plants were seized along with $41,000, he said.

Mary Jane's Bud was in the 3500 block of Old Conejo Road.
Investigators used search warrants there, at the couple's home and
in a business complex in the 3400 block of Old Conejo Road. Police
allege marijuana plants were being cultivated. Orders were taken by
phone or via the Internet.

The couple were booked into the Ventura County Sheriff's Pre- Trial
Detention Facility and are scheduled to appear in Ventura County
Superior Court on July 6.

The investigation is continuing, Thomas said.

Californians voted in favor of Proposition 215-the Compassionate Use
Act of 1996-which decriminalized the cultivation and use of
marijuana by seriously ill people.

In 2004 a new law required the California Department of Health to
create a program for voluntary registration of qualified medical
marijuana patients and their primary caregivers to help law
enforcement identify those who were legally allowed to cultivate,
possess and transport certain amounts of marijuana without arrest.

According to a 2008 attorney general's report, patients and
caregivers who have a special identification card may possess 8
ounces of dried marijuana and maintain no more than six mature or 12
immature plants per patient or an amount consistent with a doctor's
recommendation.

Another law allowing more people to legally use marijuana is on the
Nov. 2 California ballot.

Under that ballot measure, possession of 1 ounce or less of
marijuana would be legal for anyone at least 21 years old. It would
be lawful to grow restricted amounts for personal use. Sales of
marijuana would be limited to 1 ounce for adults 21 or older.
Currently, possession of one ounce or less is a
misdemeanor punishable by a $100 fine.