Obama DEA 610% more Federal Indictments for MJ and ~50% more possesion charges

nontheist

nontheist

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But over the past year, the Obama administration has quietly unleashed a multi*agency crackdown on medical cannabis that goes far beyond anything undertaken by George W. Bush. The feds are busting growers who operate in full compliance with state laws, vowing to seize the property of anyone who dares to even rent to legal pot dispensaries, and threatening to imprison state employees responsible for regulating medical marijuana. With more than 100 raids on pot dispensaries during his first three years, Obama is now on pace to exceed Bush's record for medical-marijuana busts. "There's no question that Obama's the worst president on medical marijuana," says Rob Kampia, executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project. "He's gone from first to worst." The federal crackdown imperils the medical care of the estimated 730,000 patients nationwide – many of them seriously ill or dying – who rely on state-sanctioned marijuana recommended by their doctors. In addition, drug experts warn, the White House's war on law-abiding providers of medical marijuana will only drum up business for real criminals. "The administration is going after legal dispensaries and state and local authorities in ways that are going to push this stuff back underground again," says Ethan Nadelmann, director of the Drug Policy Alliance. Gov. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, a former Republican senator who has urged the DEA to legalize medical marijuana, pulls no punches in describing the state of affairs produced by Obama's efforts to circumvent state law: "Utter chaos."
 
abandonconflict

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Harrekin said:
The same memo that explicitly states it doesn't give protection from Federal Law?

I suppose Harbourside was breaking State law, was it?
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Fuck Harbourside. Multimillion dollar cooperative trying to turn commercial, fuck them and their expensive crap. Fuck their propaganda too, it is too bad nobody is doing time over it.

Be state compliant, don't run a massive multimillion dollar commercial cannabis enterprise and nobody will come after you.

That is why the holder memo has the double talk about protection from federal law.
 
UncleBuck

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nontheist said:
But over the past year, the Obama administration has quietly unleashed a multi*agency crackdown on medical cannabis that goes far beyond anything undertaken by George W. Bush. The feds are busting growers who operate in full compliance with state laws, vowing to seize the property of anyone who dares to even rent to legal pot dispensaries, and threatening to imprison state employees responsible for regulating medical marijuana. With more than 100 raids on pot dispensaries during his first three years, Obama is now on pace to exceed Bush's record for medical-marijuana busts. "There's no question that Obama's the worst president on medical marijuana," says Rob Kampia, executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project. "He's gone from first to worst." The federal crackdown imperils the medical care of the estimated 730,000 patients nationwide – many of them seriously ill or dying – who rely on state-sanctioned marijuana recommended by their doctors. In addition, drug experts warn, the White House's war on law-abiding providers of medical marijuana will only drum up business for real criminals. "The administration is going after legal dispensaries and state and local authorities in ways that are going to push this stuff back underground again," says Ethan Nadelmann, director of the Drug Policy Alliance. Gov. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, a former Republican senator who has urged the DEA to legalize medical marijuana, pulls no punches in describing the state of affairs produced by Obama's efforts to circumvent state law: "Utter chaos."
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it's real, and it's a republican led charge:

who is shutting down dispensaries in colorado? republicans.

Republicans back John Walsh for U.S. attorney


Prominent Republicans are favoring Denver lawyer John Walsh III for the job of Colorado's U.S. attorney and have written letters supporting his nomination to Democratic Sen. Mark Udall.

Walsh was one of three names submitted by Udall and former Sen. Ken Salazar to the White House in January, but President Barack Obama didn't nominate him.


Read more:Republicans back John Walsh for U.S. attorney - The Denver Posthttp://www.denverpost.com/politics/c...#ixzz266bfIVVS
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who is shutting down dispensaries in california? republicans.

http://www.mainjustice.com/2012/07/24/california-lawmaker-u-s-attorney-intimidating-medical-marijuana-dispensary/

who is shutting down dispensaries in oregon? republicans.

http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19375-grass_ceiling.html
 
Harrekin

Harrekin

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abandonconflict said:
Fuck Harbourside. Multimillion dollar cooperative trying to turn commercial, fuck them and their expensive crap. Fuck their propaganda too, it is too bad nobody is doing time over it.

Be state compliant, don't run a massive multimillion dollar commercial cannabis enterprise and nobody will come after you.

That is why the holder memo has the double talk about protection from federal law.
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So it's only "wrong" if you're successful?

Sounds like loser talk to me.
 
squarepush3r

squarepush3r

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People saying dispensaries didn't exist before 2009 memo are wrong. (at least in California)

Here is an article from 2008
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/28/080728fa_fact_samuels

California now has more than two hundred thousand physician-sanctioned pot users and hundreds of dispensaries.
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This source says there were 200 in Los Angeles alone in 2007
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/07/26/what-will-los-angeles-ban-on-medical-marijuana-dispensaries-mean.html
 
UncleBuck

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UncleBuck

UncleBuck

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Harrekin said:
Well just never forget that Obama didn't legalise that.
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he never said he would. no drama obama has always expressed desire for decriminalization, which i find completely stupid.

look forward to this in term two: obama pushes back against the policy that prevents those convicted of possession from receiving aid for education.

that's the extent of what he will do. stoners are too easy of a political target, but the guise of education is a great excuse.
 
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