A local medical marijuana provider and activist is locked in a war of words (which will undoubtedly be a legal battle soon enough) with the King County Sheriff's office after deputies seized hundreds of plants from his Kirkland following a robbery.

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The medical-marijuana activist who survived a pre-dawn shootout at his Kirkland-area home says he plans to sue the King County Sheriff's Office after the subsequent investigation turned into what he called a prolonged marijuana raid, resulting in the seizure of hundreds of marijuana plants.

Medical-marijuana proponents say the situation highlights how the state's vaguely worded laws make the issue troublesome for providers as well as law enforcement.

Steve Sarich, 59, exchanged gunfire early Monday with armed robbers who broke into the home where he operates CannaCare, an organization that provides marijuana plants to patients.