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veggie

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Holder promises to clarify medical pot position
#14552485 - 06/02/11 07:39 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Holder promises to clarify medical pot position June 2, 2011 - Associated Press
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder promised Thursday to clarify the Justice Department's position on state medical marijuana laws after federal prosecutors warned they might prosecute everyone from licensed growers to regulators.
"We're going to bring clarity so that people understand what this policy means and how this policy will be implemented," Holder said during a visit to a Providence, R.I., institute that specializes in nonviolence.
Holder didn't go into detail about plans for clarification. But he said the department was wary of medical marijuana dispensaries being seen as a form of de facto marijuana legalization.
Several U.S. states have started reassessing their medical marijuana laws after U.S. attorneys recently sent stern warnings that everyone from licensed medical marijuana growers to regulators could be subjected to prosecution. The cautions were sent to officials in California, Colorado, Montana and Rhode Island. Federal authorities also recently conducted a series of raids at grow operations in Montana and at dispensaries in Washington.
More than a dozen states have approved the medical use of marijuana, which is not legal under federal law. About half of those states regulate medical marijuana dispensaries.
In Rhode Island, Gov. Lincoln Chafee suspended plans last month to license three such dispensaries after U.S Attorney Peter Neronha sent him a letter warning that they could lead to prosecutions.
Chafee does not believe Holder's comments imply a change in the Justice Department's underlying position and dispensary plans will remain on hold, his spokesman Michael F. Trainor said.
"He will await whatever resolution that Attorney General Holder indicated would be forthcoming," Trainor said of the governor. "He will take that under advisement. At that point, he'll make a decision concerning whether or not he feels it's prudent to move forward with issuing certificates to the three applicant dispensaries."
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mukhail
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Re: Holder promises to clarify medical pot position [Re: veggie]
#14552766 - 06/02/11 09:03 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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This will be interesting, and most likely disappointing.
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Dave Bowman
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Re: Holder promises to clarify medical pot position [Re: mukhail]
#14555035 - 06/03/11 11:05 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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The whole fucking thing is a Joke. The people of the states VOTED and decided what they want to happen in their respective states. Its none of the fucking Fed's business.
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SuperD
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Re: Holder promises to clarify medical pot position [Re: veggie]
#14555431 - 06/03/11 12:29 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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In the very near future when a vast majority of the states have MMJ laws in place, the feds are really going to stand out as the true enemy to the general voting public. I hope they continue on with their threats against the states because it will only make positive change happen that much faster.
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