|
|---|
Newshawk: http://www.drugsense.org/donate.htm
Webpage: http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_21655322/haze-pot-policy
Pubdate: Sat, 29 Sep 2012
Source: Daily Camera (Boulder, CO)
Copyright: 2012 The Daily Camera.
Contact:
Website: http://www.dailycamera.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/103
Note: Los Angeles Times editorial
IN A HAZE ON POT POLICY
Late last year, U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. affirmed the
Obama administration's long-standing policy of taking a hands-off
approach to states that had legalized medical marijuana, saying
federal resources wouldn't be expended on enforcement actions as long
as purveyors obeyed state law. On Tuesday, Los Angeles got a taste of
the current interpretation of that policy -- which is that our
dispensaries are out of bounds.
Federal officials started their first major operation in L.A. by
raiding dispensaries, filing court papers to seize properties rented
to medical marijuana sellers and sending letters to property owners
and operators of 67 dispensaries warning them to shut down within two
weeks or face similar treatment. More such actions are promised.
Holder and his boss, President Obama, almost never discuss the
politically poisonous topic of medical marijuana unless pressed, but
in June, Holder was pressed. Under questioning from the House
Judiciary Committee, he explained the reason for the recent
crackdowns in California and the 16 other states that allow medicinal
cannabis. Some operators, Holder said, have "come up with ways in
which they are taking advantage of these state laws and going beyond
that which the states have authorized."
[Remainder snipped]
MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom
| Prev | CN BC: Editorial: A Futile Vote? | Get The Facts DrugWarFacts.org |
|---|---|---|
| Next | CN BC: Municipal Leaders Join Call To Decriminalize Pot |