DEA no longer to raid medical marijuana facilities
February 28th 2009 22:36
A bit of background: Thirteen states allow the cultivation, sale and use of medical marijuana. In all of these states, most prominently in California, distributors have been repeatedly raided and shut down by the DEA in a direct violation of the Constitution. Paying no mind to Constitutional limitations on federal power, the feds have been making it nearly impossible for law abiding citizens to provide a legal substance to patients with chronic pain and illness; patients bearing prescriptions from their Doctors have been denied their legal treatments due to a draconian fear of the false bogeyman of cannabis.
Well, no more. Keeping true to President Barack Obama's campaign promises, Attorney General Eric Holder has announced that the DEA will no longer raid these medical marijuana dispensaries. “What the president said during the campaign ... will be consistent with what we will be doing here in law enforcement,” he said. “What (Obama) said during the campaign ... is now American policy.”
In November of 2007, Obama made the following statement. “My attitude is if the science and the doctors suggest that the best palliative care and the way to relieve pain and suffering is medical marijuana, then that’s something I’m open to. There’s no difference between that and morphine when it comes to just giving people relief from pain.”
As a final nail in the coffin of those who would claim that the DEA should continue their raids, White House spokesman Nick Shapiro told the Washington Times that “federal resources should not be used to circumvent state laws.”
This is welcome news to States rights advocates, medical marijuana supporters, and most importantly, those citizens whose relief of pain and suffering hinges on their ability to legally obtain the drug.
"It's good news for people in California who are so ill that they have gotten a doctor's note in compliance with the law," said Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) when told of Holder's promise. "If you have a doctor's note, you should be able to get whatever medicine you need."
Well, no more. Keeping true to President Barack Obama's campaign promises, Attorney General Eric Holder has announced that the DEA will no longer raid these medical marijuana dispensaries. “What the president said during the campaign ... will be consistent with what we will be doing here in law enforcement,” he said. “What (Obama) said during the campaign ... is now American policy.”
In November of 2007, Obama made the following statement. “My attitude is if the science and the doctors suggest that the best palliative care and the way to relieve pain and suffering is medical marijuana, then that’s something I’m open to. There’s no difference between that and morphine when it comes to just giving people relief from pain.”
As a final nail in the coffin of those who would claim that the DEA should continue their raids, White House spokesman Nick Shapiro told the Washington Times that “federal resources should not be used to circumvent state laws.”
This is welcome news to States rights advocates, medical marijuana supporters, and most importantly, those citizens whose relief of pain and suffering hinges on their ability to legally obtain the drug.
"It's good news for people in California who are so ill that they have gotten a doctor's note in compliance with the law," said Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) when told of Holder's promise. "If you have a doctor's note, you should be able to get whatever medicine you need."
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