Source: Huffington Post

Holder Vows To End Raids On Medical marijuana Clubs

February 26, 2009 09:53 AM

Attorney General Eric Holder said at a press conference Wednesday that the Justice Department will no longer raid medical marijuana clubs that are established legally under state law. His declaration is a fulfillment of a campaign promise by President Barack Obama, and marks a major shift from the previous administration.

After the inauguration, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) continued to carry out such raids, despite Obama's promise. Holder was asked if those raids represented American policy going forward.

"No," he said. "What the president said during the campaign, you'll be surprised to know, will be consistent with what we'll be doing in law enforcement. He was my boss during the campaign. He is formally and technically and by law my boss now. What he said during the campaign is now American policy."

The exchange takes place at about the 25:00 mark here.
http://www.c-span.org/Watch/watch.as...aId=HP-A-15821

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/0..._n_170119.html

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Source: USA Today

A California legislator today proposed making the state the first to legalize the recreational use of marijuana.

The legislation, by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, a Democrat from San Francisco, would allow people 21 and older to grow, buy, sell and possess pot. It would be sold, regulated and taxed similar to alcohol. The state would collect $50 an ounce from sellers, and growers, too, would be taxed.

He estimates that the cash-strapped state could reap more than $1 billion a year.




read more : http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline...-lawmaker.html

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CNN poll on feb 24
95% FOR legalization
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ5mXroW_E

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If that passes for California, eventually many other states will see the money flowing out there and hopefully do the same... nice.

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TN bill is introduced
"medical marijuana act of 2009"

http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/HB0368.pdf


BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:"

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Source: CNN

updated 9:05 p.m. EST, Wed February 11, 2009
Ex-presidents of Latin America urge legal marijuana

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (CNN) -- Former presidents of Mexico, Colombia and Brazil called Wednesday for the decriminalization of marijuana for personal use and a change in tactics on the war on drugs, a Spanish news agency said.

Ex-presidents Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico, Cesar Gaviria of Colombia and Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil made their announcement at a meeting in Brazil of the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy, the EFE news agency said.

"The problem is that current policies are based on prejudices and fears and not on results," Gaviria said at a news conference in which the commission's recommendations were presented.

The 17-member panel worked on the report for a year and will forward it to all Latin American governments as well as the United States and the European Union, EFE said. Gaviria said the time is right to start a debate on the subject, particularly with the pragmatic openings provided by the election of President Barack Obama in the United States.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americ...iref=hpmostpop

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yea man it think they are seeing it....
cant afford it any longer...

looking for another article i read about a week or two ago, cali is letting out 20,000 criminals from jail since there jails are currently at 200percent capacity... it sounds bad at first but they said they will be releasing NONVIOLENT criminals who are getting close to parole anyway.. IE that means they are reversing a LOT of the "manditory minimum" decisions i hope and letting some of these people out who got 60 years for possession

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