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Federal agents raid California marijuana university

IRS spokeswoman mum on purpose of Oakland sweep

By Terry Collins

 |  Associated Press  

  April 03, 2012

Federal agents targeted one of the country’s leading pot advocates Monday in a raid on a San Francisco Bay area medical marijuana training school instrumental in pushing for ballot measures to legalize the drug. The doors to Oaksterdam University in downtown Oakland were cordoned off by yellow tape and blocked by U.S. marshals following an early-morning raid by agents with the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. A

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