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In reply to the discussion: Attn Gen. Holder: Yes, The Executive Branch Could Remove MMJ from DEA Hands [View all]RainDog
(28,784 posts)45. Here. I dispute it. As does the San Fran. Democratic Party
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002635269
At least 5 permitted San Francisco dispensaries have been forced to close in the last few months as a result of the Obama administration's heightened attack in California. The operators and landlords of these and several more dispensaries were threatened with federal criminal prosecution and asset forfeiture in an effort to shut down access points for the city's tens of thousands of qualified patients. San Francisco has been especially hard hit since October, when California's four U.S. Attorneys escalated an already vigorous federal campaign against medical marijuana.
The DCCC argues that, "the U. S. Attorneys in California are not targeting individuals and organizations that are operating outside of the law, but instead are aggressively persecuting a peaceful and regulated community, wasting Federal resources in using a series of threatening tactics to shut down regulated access to medical cannabis across the state of California." The DCCC also accuses the federal government of "depriving...the State of California [of] much needed tax revenue."
The DCCC argues that, "the U. S. Attorneys in California are not targeting individuals and organizations that are operating outside of the law, but instead are aggressively persecuting a peaceful and regulated community, wasting Federal resources in using a series of threatening tactics to shut down regulated access to medical cannabis across the state of California." The DCCC also accuses the federal government of "depriving...the State of California [of] much needed tax revenue."
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Attn Gen. Holder: Yes, The Executive Branch Could Remove MMJ from DEA Hands [View all]
RainDog
Apr 2012
OP
Why do people keep ignoring the fact that the vast majority of MMJ clinics are not being bothered...
phleshdef
Apr 2012
#3
You have to have special licenses to sell alcohol or create mass quantities of it to sell.
phleshdef
Apr 2012
#10
I haven't noticed the federal government enforcing state liquor regulations..
Fumesucker
Apr 2012
#13
FACT: The DEA has left the vast majority of MMJ clinics in these states alone.
phleshdef
Apr 2012
#11
US attorneys have sent out more than 300 threat letters to dispensaries and landlords in California.
Comrade Grumpy
Apr 2012
#14