MEDICINAL POT CENTER SHUT AFTER LOSING LEASE

It wasn't federal agents but a real estate deal that closed a medical
marijuana information center in San Diego last month.

Steve McWilliams, owner of Shelter from the Storm, said the storefront
closed because he lost his lease after the building was sold.

McWilliams had set up a pot garden and cannabis club under Proposition
215, a state law that allows use of marijuana by patients with a
doctor's recommendation.

McWilliams pleaded not guilty last month to federal charges of growing
pot in a home garden. He faces five or more years in prison if convicted.