RE: Marijuana
October 19, 2009 at 4:27 pm
(This post was last modified: October 19, 2009 at 4:34 pm by Meatball.)
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The Obama administration in the US has finally made it an official policy (in writing!) that federal agents will not be trumping state laws regarding medicinal marijuana. In other words, if a person is a designated caregiver and is growing marijuana within state guidelines, the DEA cannot disrupt their operation. The DEA can no longer raid marijuana dispenseries in California provided they are following state law.
This has sorta been the standard practice since February, but now it's official policy.
It's not law, but it's a big step. I wonder if this kind of thinking would extend to all state marijuana laws. For example, if one of the CA ballot initiatives in 2010 calling for full marijuana legalization were to pass, would we see similar policy from the feds?
Source: AP
The Obama administration in the US has finally made it an official policy (in writing!) that federal agents will not be trumping state laws regarding medicinal marijuana. In other words, if a person is a designated caregiver and is growing marijuana within state guidelines, the DEA cannot disrupt their operation. The DEA can no longer raid marijuana dispenseries in California provided they are following state law.
This has sorta been the standard practice since February, but now it's official policy.
It's not law, but it's a big step. I wonder if this kind of thinking would extend to all state marijuana laws. For example, if one of the CA ballot initiatives in 2010 calling for full marijuana legalization were to pass, would we see similar policy from the feds?
Source: AP
- Meatball
