Pubdate: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 Source: Boulder Weekly (CO) Copyright: 2011 Boulder Weekly Contact: http://www.boulderweekly.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/57 MMJ dispensaries unionize In the wake of an announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice that federal law enforcement plans to go after medical marijuana (MMJ) dispensaries in California, Colorado dispensaries have joined the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. UFCW reportedly welcomed the dispensaries and promised to use its muscle to back up the dispensary workers to protect them not only from unfair prosecution, but also ordinances that ban dispensaries. That's great. We're happy to see dispensaries, which employ thousands of workers in our state, get some support. But didn't President Obama tell the justice department to leave MMJ dispensaries the hell alone? What happened to that? Maybe the feds have decided to flout that order because they're strapped for cash now that they haven't been able to bust quite as many people and confiscate their property in states where MMJ is legal. Or maybe Obama needs to issue a reminder. Regardless, it's really high time we end the marijuana prohibition that makes cartels and federal bureaucracies rich and legalize marijuana, medical and otherwise. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard R Smith Jr.