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Newshawk: Kirk
Pubdate: Mon, 19 Oct 2009
Source: Contra Costa Times (CA)
Copyright: 2009 Bay Area News Group
Contact:
Website: http://www.contracostatimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/96
Author: John Simerman, Contra Costa Times
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/decrim.htm (Decrim/Legalization)
OBAMA POLICY SHIFT ON MARIJUANA TURNS HEADS
Uncle Sam will no longer bother with medical marijuana users and their
caregivers, so long as they adhere to medical pot laws in the 14
states that have them, according to new guidelines Attorney General
Eric Holder announced Monday.
The guidelines, laid out in a memo sent to all United States
attorneys, formalize earlier statements by both Holder and President
Barack Obama that the administration has no interest in pressing a
clash between federal and state pot laws that brought frequent
marijuana dispensary raids and occasional prosecutions of backyard
growers during the Clinton and Bush eras.
But with varying interpretations over what kind of dispensaries
California's medical pot laws allow, advocates say the impact remains
unclear.
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MAP posted-by: Jo-D
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