in the county, officials worry that the raid on matt cohen's farm undercuts their effort to strictlyregulate marijuana growing. >> people are really wondering what is behind this, what happens next. am i personally at risk? we had an individual who is doing everything they can possibly do to be as legal as they could with local and state law, adhering strictly to the letter of the law all the way down the line. so if the federal authorities are going to raid him, then no one is safe. >> county commissioner john macoun didn't start out as a medical marijuana advocate. in fact he supported bans on outdoor growing but he says the county's modest permitting program has helped bring order out of chaos. >> by bringing the production of medical marijuana above ground into a strictly regulated program where it's inspected by the sheriff, arguably tremendously increases public safety and environmental protection. the raid, if it has the impact of driving people out of the program and back underground, will have the opposite effect. >> here's what's left. right there. >> it certainly sends the

of state. >> montgomery: on this day, cohen's making a delivery to one of his customers near oakland. >> hey, nate. hey, how's it going, nate? >> hi. hi. >> i'm matt. >> montgomery: in the end, it's a fairly routine transaction for cohen and his staff. the price, the letter from the customer's doctor-- it's all be worked out by phone and internet. but it's also been an obstacle course of local, state and federal laws. >> the problem is that the medical marijuana program act was the result of a committee of a lot of people putting it together, and it doesn't make a lot of sense. there's a lot of internal inconsistency in the medical marijuana program act which leaves it open for very wide interpretation. >> california's ballot measure to legalize marijuana... >> montgomery: it was with an eye to settling these inconsistencies that pro-pot advocates around the state had made a big push for a new marijuana law last fall. >> make california the first green state. we've got the blue states and the red states... >> montgomery: in oakland, they gathered on election night to watch the results of the state ballot measure, proposition 19, that would have fu

in the county, officials worry that the raid on matt cohen's farm undercuts their effort to strictlylate marijuana growing. >> people are really wondering what is behind this, what happens next. am i personally at risk? we had an individual who is doing everything they can possibly do to be as legal as they could with local and state law, adhering strictly to the letter of the law all the way down the line. so if the federal authorities are going to raid him, then no one is safe. >> county commissioner john macoun didn't start out as a medical marijuana advocate. in fact he supported bans on outdoor growing but he says the county's modest permitting program has helped bring order out of chaos. >> by bringing the production of medical marijuana above ground into a strictly regulated program where it's inspected by the sheriff, arguably tremendously increases public safety and environmental protection. the raid, if it has the impact of driving people out of the program and back underground, will have the opposite effect. >> here's what's left. right there. >> it certainly sends the mes