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  Holder Says Feds Will Stop Medical Marijuana Raids

Posted by CN Staff on February 26, 2009 at 15:19:12 PT
By Alex Koppelman 
Source: Salon 

USA -- For those of you keeping score at home, add another major policy shift by the Obama administration to the tally. Breaking with precedent set under former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, the Department of Justice will not raid medical marijuana dispensaries allowed under certain state laws.President Obama had promised this during the campaign, but a recent raid -- conducted before new officials were in place -- led some to question whether that promise would be kept. On Wednesday, Huffington Post's Ryan Grim reports, Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters that it would be.
Huffington Post: http://drugsense.org/url/UODTocOCIt's a common misperception that, in states like California which have passed measures legalizing it, medical marijuana is completely legal. It's not. Federal law takes precedence, and federal authorities have made no secret of their belief that any user or distributor -- even one authorized by the state -- can be arrested at any time.There are, at most, only a handful of people who can legally use medical marijuana whenever and wherever they please -- marijuana supplied to them by the federal government, no less. They were part of a program that ran from the late 1970's until the 1990's, when the first Bush administration shut it down, and they were grandfathered in. When last I checked, there were an estimated five patients still remaining, but that was a few years ago, and one or more may have died since.Source: Salon (US Web)Author: Alex KoppelmanPublished: February 26, 2009Copyright: 2009 SalonWebsite: http://www.salon.com/Contact: readermail salon.comURL: http://drugsense.org/url/TDeGZDsbUS Attorney General Eric Holder: Ending MMJ Raids Now US Policyhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=kjZeW2fcQHMCannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml

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Comment #54 posted by FoM on February 27, 2009 at 11:54:17 PT
Hope
I know you know I wasn't talking about you but I wanted to mention it so no one thinks I'm upset with you. You wear a white hat. That was a very general statement for whoever reads our comments. There I feel better.
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Comment #53 posted by FoM on February 27, 2009 at 11:29:42 PT
Hope
Everyone's journey thru life is different. When we see someone different then us or a person who doesn't think like us instead of getting all uppity we should listen and maybe we will learn something. One thing that has always built a wall around me is when anyone insults Hippies. I am very sensitive about that term because it meant and means so much to me. Don't lord it over me and I won't be forced to lord it over you is how I feel.
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Comment #52 posted by Hope on February 27, 2009 at 11:23:24 PT
Dignity
Can it be taken? I hope not. It seems some people in some high places have little regard for the dignity of the "lower" place people that they apparently think have little use for dignity. 
I know some people can assault another person's dignity. Rape comes to mind. Maybe they can damage or hurt a person's dignity so badly, or cause a person to recede into some place not so real as the one where one's dignity is being assaulted. That's humiliation. Having one person purposely humiliate another is almost a sport among some people. Being humiliated, as we know, does not mean that the person being humiliated deserves it somehow. That's for sure. We know that very well and all too well.
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Comment #51 posted by FoM on February 27, 2009 at 11:08:11 PT

Hope
You asked what took Beck's dignity. Nothing or no one can take anyone's dignity from them. He gave it up.
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Comment #50 posted by FoM on February 27, 2009 at 10:57:12 PT

Hope
I agree with you. We need to feel confident in ourselves but also understand not everyone sees things like we do and that should be ok. 
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Comment #49 posted by Hope on February 27, 2009 at 10:46:06 PT

Humility is a wonderful thing.
It's light and pure and clean. Arrogance is the exact opposite of humility.Having humility is not the same as being humiliated. Some people mistakenly seem to believe that. Humility protects us from humiliation. 
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Comment #48 posted by FoM on February 27, 2009 at 10:32:49 PT

Hope
Confidence but with humility equals dignity. When I read any article and see a little bit of praise and a good dig too I think the people are jealous. Jealousy is never dignified.
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Comment #47 posted by Hope on February 27, 2009 at 10:27:08 PT

That's it!
He was so dignified.Do not let them take your dignity! Ever! That's important to keep in mind.I wonder what took Beck's dignity? Arrogance, probably.Maybe he had to urinate in a cup for someone that day. Or perhaps had his mouth swabbed, or hunks of his hair, butcher cut right to his scalp had to be given to those he is beholden to. That sort of thing doesn't do much for preserving one's dignity. Maybe he had a cavity search that day. Maybe he thinks people don't need dignity. 
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Comment #46 posted by FoM on February 27, 2009 at 09:21:20 PT

Dignity
He was dignified. I love dignified men! LOL!
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Comment #45 posted by Hope on February 27, 2009 at 09:16:01 PT

Kampia
To my mind, he was just wonderful. He came across as manly and civil, knowledgeable, genuine and real and gentlemanly...as in civil and self controlled, and sane and reasonable, and not taking any bait or crap from Beck.Kampia's nose widened just enough to let you know he picked up the stench. He was self contained. He was beautiful! He was outraged, but he didn't jump up and walk out of the interview. Wonderful! If he'd done that... the world might not have seen how asinine Beck was.Oh man. What a great representative of our causes he made.Thank you again, Mr. Kampia. I was so impressed. Such a good job, and in the face of the display that Mr. Beck was putting on... wonderful.

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Comment #44 posted by FoM on February 27, 2009 at 08:58:30 PT

On The Other Hand
I think that Rob Kampia is getting very good at nicely speaking his mind. We need more people with a humble but confident manner to help us over the top. He didn't take Beck's bait on NORML. Good for him.
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Comment #43 posted by FoM on February 27, 2009 at 08:48:45 PT

Hope
I find it hard to listen to people like Beck. They think they are better then other people. 
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Comment #42 posted by Hope on February 27, 2009 at 08:41:11 PT

Also
Beck seemed addle brained. And not in a funny way... in a demented way.
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Comment #41 posted by Hope on February 27, 2009 at 08:39:45 PT

Beck
I know people who claim to like him.It's sickening.The man has fans! Aaargh. I hate to think what that's about.I don't know. But I think that show might actually ruin his career. We'll see.
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Comment #40 posted by Hope on February 27, 2009 at 08:36:26 PT

comment 35 Afterburner
That's so true!"In response to a question about the effects of early drug use on brain development, the panel missed the chance to "save the children" with age limits in a Regulate and Tax environment."They might pilfer from an adults stash, as they might the liquor cabinet, the medicine cabinet, the household chemicals, or find a bootlegger they will willingly pay the price to, but they aren't likely to pilfer and see what will be the mega expensive bootlegger, his risks will be major, to the extent, that they would if they become informal distributors in a super dangerous prohibition atmosphere. The sort of complete prohibition, complete with gangsters, no less, we have now, is an absolutely wide open trap. Kids can far too easily just walk into it before they even realize what's going on. Being cool, and liked, or loved, and young. It's hard sometimes. 
 
It's also a prohibition that has created the most outrageous, and huge advertising model for the very substances it claims to want to keep from the children. It waves them at them constantly. It's wrong. 
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Comment #39 posted by FoM on February 27, 2009 at 08:30:50 PT

Hope
I don't like arrogant, cocky, self righteous people. They get their reward as soon as they open their mouth.It's a man's world but women have opinions too. Some men still don't get that women liberated themselves years ago.
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Comment #38 posted by FoM on February 27, 2009 at 08:28:06 PT

Hope
I don't like people who brag either. 
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Comment #37 posted by FoM on February 27, 2009 at 08:26:30 PT

Hope
I don't like men like Beck who act cutesy. Cutesy doesn't cut it. When people are sarcastic I tune them out. 
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Comment #36 posted by Hope on February 27, 2009 at 08:15:49 PT

thinking about that Glen Beck performance again
Scuzzy was the word that came to mind on watching him and today I was remembering a few other scuzzy performances I've witnessed in my lifetime. Narcs often act like that when they're narcing. Seeing scuzziness, especially what appears to be an extraordinary excess of scuzziness or what they seem to think is scuzziness you'll somehow match, in someone sends up all sorts of red flags for me. Maybe they really are that scuzzy... but it was also, to my mind, in the old days, a vivid sign of a narc.
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Comment #35 posted by afterburner on February 27, 2009 at 07:20:39 PT

More on 'Our Illicit Addictions'
The Agenda with Steve Paikin - Broadcast - TVOntario - Our Illicit Addictions:In response to a question about the effects of early drug use on brain development, the panel missed the chance to "save the children" with age limits in a Regulate and Tax environment.The panel did correctly indicate that the true percentages of addiction are much smaller than frequently quoted hysterical statistics released by politically-driven organizations. Some on the panel also acknowledged that a shift to a health-oriented approach would free up tax dollars wasted by the criminal-oriented approach and help pay for meaningful treatment of true addiction, in which some people lose control of their behavior and become self-destructive and/or a danger to others.Steve Paikin also quoted Mr. Cardoso, former president of Brazil, Mr. Gaviria, former president of Colombia, Mr. Zedillo, president of Mexico on the failure of the War on Drugs, showing Latin American frustration with the long-standing the US prohibitionist hard-line. The panel suggested that the USA's previous criminalization and interdiction approach was becoming increasingly isolated by widespread decriminalization in Europe.The War on Drugs Is a Failure - WSJ.com23 Feb 2009 ... Mr. Cardoso is the former president of Brazil. Mr. Gaviria is a former president of Colombia. Mr. Zedillo is a former president of Mexico.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123535114271444981.htmlDefinitely, a day to celebrate our humanitarian progress. However, Canadian experience has shown that there is still a strong danger of a prohibitionist backlash as misinformed and fearful people react to what they see as a threat to their safety on the road and to their children's mental health.
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Comment #34 posted by Hope on February 26, 2009 at 21:44:08 PT

BGreen and Fight_4_Freedom
That would be great, having dinner with you and Mrs. Green someday. I'd love that. Maybe it will happen.And yes Fight_4_Freedom, this is a reason to celebrate. Still more to do and get done... but obviously, this means so much.
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Comment #33 posted by afterburner on February 26, 2009 at 21:41:45 PT

“Now American Policy”&Health Approach to Addiction
[asa] US Attorney General Says Ending DEA Raids “Now American Policy”|
From: george safeaccessnow.org . 
Sent: February 26, 2009 4:30:57 AM. 
To: asa lists.safeaccessnow.orgFor Immediate Release: February 26th, 2009.
Medical Marijuana Patients React to New "American Policy"
http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=5684
{
Washington, D.C. - Speaking at a press conference on Feb 25 with Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Michele Leonhart, and reiterating a position made by the White House following DEA raids in California on February 4, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters that ending federal raids on medical marijuana dispensaries "is now American policy."
}Attorney General Eric Holder ending medical marijuana raids “now American policy” NORML's Daily Audio Stash.
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 at 11:34 pm | By: Radical Russ 
http://stash.norml.org/attorney-general-eric-holder-ending-medical-marijuana-raids-now-american-policy/
{
Speaking at a press conference with DEA administrator Michelle Leonhart, Attorney General Eric Holder declared that ending medical marijuana raids ”is now American policy.”A reporter asked, “shortly after the inauguration there were raids on California medical marijuana dispensaries…do you expect these to continue?”, noting that the President had promised to end the raids in the campaign.Holder responded, “What the President said during the campaign…is consistent with what we will be doing here in law enforcement. He was my boss in the campaign….He is my boss now. What he said in the campaign is now American policy.”
}The Agenda with Steve Paikin - Broadcast - TVOntario - Our Illicit Addictions.
Our Illicit Addictions Thursday, February 26 2009 8:00 PM.
Our illicit addictions: fighting for a drug-free society or managing our addictions in a complicated world? Live from the Munk Centre for International Studies.
http://www.tvo.org/cfmx/tvoorg/theagenda/index.cfm?page_id=7&bpn=779442&ts=2009-02-26%2020:00:35.0I heard about this show on the radio Thursday afternoon. It was a lively and positive conversation about the changing approach to drug policy and addiction. The panel consisted of 1. Graeme Cunnigham, a Doctor from Homewood Health Centre;2. Bruce Alexander, Author and Professor Emeritus, Simon Fraser University in British Columbia;3. Ethan Nadelmann, Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance;4. Alan Young, Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall;5. Peter Selby, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).Despite their varied backgrounds and approachs, they agreed that the current War on Drugs, the criminal approach to drug policy, was a massive failure which would have to change. They agreed that use is not abuse, and that governments should focus on scientific definitions of addiction and provide resources to help people with addictions, not criminal and social stigma. Ethan Nadelmann mentioned the Eric Holder announcement during the press conference on Feb. 25, 2009 that the DEA would be stopping the raids in medical marijuana states.
 
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Comment #32 posted by fight_4_freedom on February 26, 2009 at 21:07:20 PT

I'm glad I could give you a little chuckle
But I really couldn't say it 5 times fast. lolI feel the same. There is still a lot of work to do. But this is huge news. I like how Radical Russ from NORML put it today...."Mark it as the day on your calendar when the beginning of the end of adult marijuana prohibition happened."Bruce Mirken is a wonderful guy who helps our movement tremendously, so don't feel bad that you gave him all that credit....I'm sure Rob wouldn't mind ;)We're gonna Celebrate!!! Oh Ya!!!
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Comment #31 posted by FoM on February 26, 2009 at 19:50:39 PT

Power To The People
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wos-dDxpJlQ
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Comment #30 posted by sm0k3y on February 26, 2009 at 19:48:28 PT

Yes!
Wow. I can't believe what I'm reading/hearing about. It's almost like a dream that has finally come true. Now, I need to move to one of these 13 states and use legally! Thanks to everyone that has been involved in this movement! The years of dedication are finally seemingly to paying off. Power to the people!
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Comment #29 posted by HempWorld on February 26, 2009 at 19:31:03 PT

Thank God, the African Americans Have the Balls
To Do This ...Thank You! Thank You God!
On a mission from God!
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Comment #28 posted by itsonlyaplant on February 26, 2009 at 19:21:40 PT

the Beck show
I watched that interview with Mr. Kampia (well done Mr. Kampia) and although Mr. Beck claims to be a "libertarian" it seems to me that his rhetoric is VERY much to the right on any issue he covers (and yes, I agree, he is a HUGE creep.) It also seems to me that anytime you hear a so-called libertarian in the media it turns out they're really GOP flunkies. I mean anyone that can't stay on CNN and has to go to FOX news can't be too far left (or centrist) of the extremist right wing ideology....can they? True libertarians would say.... let them do what they want, as long as it isn't infringing on anyone else, the end. 
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Comment #27 posted by FoM on February 26, 2009 at 19:19:40 PT

BGreen
We would love to meet you too. We enjoyed meeting afterburner the year we went to see CSNY in Pittsburgh. We still have hurdles to jump but they don't seem as high as they've been for so long. 
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Comment #26 posted by BGreen on February 26, 2009 at 18:59:26 PT

The days of anonymity are nearly over
I can't wait until we can identify ourselves without fear of retribution.Hope, we'd love to have dinner with you and your husband (formerly known as the republican LOL) when you travel to Missouri and it might soon just be possible.FoM, we would love to meet you and Stick.There are so many posters here that I would dearly love to meet in person.This news has made me very happy!I worry that the DEAth are just going to step up their attack in the other 36 states, so our battle is far from over. This is most certainly going to make it easier for more states to legalize MMJ because the lame argument of "it's still against federal law so we can't legalize it" is now dead.The Reverend Bud Green
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Comment #25 posted by Hope on February 26, 2009 at 18:47:21 PT

Fight_4_Freedom
You're funny. You made me laugh.Thanks.I'm happy... but I'm still serious. :0)I did love the way Mr. Kampia handled that interview. It was marvelous.Of course, I'm not happy that I got the names wrong in my praise of his really beautiful work effort. That's not good to mess up like that. I'd kick myself if I had the energy. Maybe in the morning.
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Comment #24 posted by fight_4_freedom on February 26, 2009 at 18:31:34 PT

Now 
try saying that 5 times fast ;)
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Comment #23 posted by fight_4_freedom on February 26, 2009 at 18:30:50 PT

How about 
a Seriously Serious Celebration!
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Comment #22 posted by Hope on February 26, 2009 at 18:25:57 PT

"This seriously calls for a celebration."
Lol!Yes it does.But it's still serious. Very serious. Can we have a serious celebration?:0)
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Comment #21 posted by Hope on February 26, 2009 at 18:21:02 PT

Yes. Creepy.
"That Beck guy gives me the creeps."

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Comment #20 posted by fight_4_freedom on February 26, 2009 at 18:19:32 PT

Beck seemed like a total nut job in that video
Rob did an excellent job. It had to be hard for him to keep his calm with the way glen was acting.And You're right Taylor, I myself have never heard him admit to using currently. Awesome Job by Rob!!! WE LOVE YOU MPP!!!!The news is starting to sink in.This seriously calls for a celebration.
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Comment #19 posted by Hope on February 26, 2009 at 18:17:42 PT

Comment 14 E_Johnson
Wouldn't he have, though? 
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Comment #18 posted by Hope on February 26, 2009 at 18:14:35 PT

Comment 12 Ahhhh! Lol!
So sorry, Mr. Kampia.Oh. He was so good, too!My apologies to Mr. Kampia. He was wonderful, I thought... even though I get names mixed up. I'm so sorry.
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Comment #17 posted by FoM on February 26, 2009 at 18:13:46 PT

E_Johnson 
Here's a page I made many years ago about Peter. I didn't know him except we exchanged a couple of e-mails and he was very nice to me.http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/Peterm.htm
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Comment #16 posted by FoM on February 26, 2009 at 18:08:47 PT

Taylor121 
Rob Kampia did very well. That Beck guy gives me the creeps.
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Comment #15 posted by FoM on February 26, 2009 at 17:59:05 PT

AG: Feds To Stop Raiding Medi-Pot Outlets
By Jovana LaraThursday, February 26, 2009 WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (KABC) -- Californians voted to legalize marijuana for medical purposes more than a decade ago, but under the Bush administration, dispensaries were raided for violating federal law. President Obama's attorney general, Eric Holder, says that stops now.There are between 300 and 400 medical marijuana dispensaries within the state of California. One dispensary owner is calling this a celebration because gone are the days of looking over your shoulder, concerned about the next federal raid.We may have seen the last of the federal raids on medical marijuana dispensaries. Attorney General Eric Holder says President Barack Obama and his new administration are keeping the campaign promise to stop raiding medical marijuana dispensaries in 13 states, including California, where voters passed Proposition 215 in 1996, making it legal to use marijuana for medicinal purposes.Complete Article: http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=6681107
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Comment #14 posted by E_Johnson on February 26, 2009 at 17:55:54 PT

The Clinton administration
killed Peter McWilliams.Let's not forget Peter. He would have liked to be here now to hear this news himself.
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Comment #13 posted by Taylor121 on February 26, 2009 at 17:54:20 PT

Btw
I think that's the first time in all the interviews that I've heard Rob Kampia give that he admitted he was still a casual user of marijuana. I wonder what made him change from denying current use to admitting it (maybe he started back up again recently who knows). Anyways, Rob did really well, but whenever Glenn is belittling the economic argument for taxing and regulating marijuana, perhaps it would have been worth pointing out that during the Great Depression, one of our actions was to relegalize booze to shore up revenue and stimulate the economy. It wasn't that important though and may not have fit, but it's an interesting point nonetheless.
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Comment #12 posted by Taylor121 on February 26, 2009 at 17:51:54 PT

It wasn't bruce
Bruce blogged about it on the MPP site. The person being interviewed was MPP's Executive Director Robert Kampia. You all can watch the interview here:http://tv.mpp.org/news/rob-kampia-interviewed-on-glenn-beck-show-22509/Beck tried to make it a big joke, but Rob stayed completely serious and did as good as he could with the cards Beck dealt him.
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Comment #11 posted by FoM on February 26, 2009 at 17:49:25 PT

Hope
I didn't see the link but I very well might have missed it. That Beck show I never watch so I missed it. Lou Dobbs had something too but I won't watch him either. I basically stay on MSNBC and CNN a little less often. Maybe soon we will see something on MSNBC on Rachel Maddow or Keith Olbermann's show. They are my favorite. And my late night comedy news is Jon Stewart. I love the Daily Show.
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Comment #10 posted by Hope on February 26, 2009 at 17:41:54 PT

Something I want to say about Bruce Mirken
Somewhere, on some site, today, I linked to a video with Bruce Mirken on that Beck guy's TV show. I can't find where I linked to it from... I thought on one of these threads... but I can't find it easily.I loved the way Mr. Mirken handled that interview. He was so serious. This is serious. We have a long and dark history, of which Mr. Mirken is well aware. We are serious so let's dispense with the joking about it. To Mr. Mirken, if he ever checks in here... Good work and way to go and every good thing, Bruce Mirken! Mr.Brice Mirken. What a gentleman you were. You projected such self control and civility in the face of sheer lunacy. You did so well!Thank you so much.
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Comment #9 posted by paul armentano on February 26, 2009 at 17:11:38 PT

Clinton years
Sam et al, There were federal raids in California under Clinton, though the administration did not file criminal charges against dispensary owners. Instead, they sought civil judgments to keep the dispensaries from re-opening. Filing criminal charges began under Bush II.
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Comment #8 posted by freewillks on February 26, 2009 at 16:55:55 PT

A good day
This just made my day! Now if Kansas would only pass a new law.
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Comment #7 posted by FoM on February 26, 2009 at 16:30:08 PT

Sam
I don't remember what Clinton did actually. I didn't pay much attention to him I must confess. I think it will take Congress to take marijuana out of Schedule I but I believe it is getting close.***The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) was enacted into law by the Congress of the United States as Title II of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970. The CSA is the federal U.S. drug policy under which the manufacture, importation, possession, use and distribution of certain substances is regulated. The Act also served as the national implementing legislation for the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.The legislation created five Schedules (classifications), with varying qualifications for a substance to be included in each. Two federal agencies, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Food and Drug Administration, determine which substances are added or removed from the various schedules, though the statute passed by Congress created the initial listing. Classification decisions are required to be made on criteria including potential for abuse (which is undefined by the CSA), currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, and international treaties.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_Substances_Act
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Comment #6 posted by Sam Adams on February 26, 2009 at 16:23:42 PT

Clinton
Am I wrong? I thought after they failed to gag doctors in the Supreme Court case that Clinton told Janet Reno to leave California alone and that the raids started with Bush.I'm happy & all but I won't be really impressed until Lyle Craker's growing permit is granted and MJ moved out of Schedule I. Obama should be able to instruct the DEA to do both of these. This would really be a change from Clinton's centrist policies of the 90's.
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Comment #5 posted by fight_4_freedom on February 26, 2009 at 16:02:52 PT

Mark this day down on the calendar
http://tinyurl.com/bfabb2  NBC Los Angeles 
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Comment #4 posted by The GCW on February 26, 2009 at 16:01:10 PT

More
This will also then make it much easier for other states to also re-legalize cannabis for sick citizens.Other states will have one less reason to hang on to the argument that it is against fed law.
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Comment #3 posted by FoM on February 26, 2009 at 15:46:39 PT

ChristenMitchell 
Thank you. It really is a day to remember.
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Comment #2 posted by ChristenMitchell on February 26, 2009 at 15:41:28 PT

A Medical Marijuana Liberation Day
Rating way below Emancipation, yet hugely significant is that with an answer to a reporter's question, our Attorney General Eric Holder has effectively freed the weed. An enormous victory for our Constitution and States Rights. Thanks are in order to Cannabis News. Cannabem Liberemus 
Hemptopia - An Higher Education
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Comment #1 posted by FoM on February 26, 2009 at 15:21:12 PT

This Is Good
Nothing in a long time has given me hope like this today. 
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