One of the risks of operating a medical marijuana dispensary is the possibility of attracting unwanted attention from violent, dishonest people willing to defraud and even kill others in order to indulge their addiction. When a man calling himself “Dustin Hankins” showed up at the 45th Parallel, a medical marijuana co-op in Ontario, Oregon, the staff received him in good faith. “Hankins,” who had made a 70-mile trip across the state line from Boise, presented an Idaho driver’s license and paperwork from his doctor claiming that he suffered from severe pain as a result of a work-related shoulder separation. He had previously … Continue reading Road Pirates and Prohibition Profiteers