Obama won't let you take a hit, shouldn't pot smokers vote for someone else?

Wow, he met with the DOJ and DEA already to discuss new policy with Colorado and Washington?

When did this happen?

when did this happen? last i heard holder said he would go after dispensaries. he said state law does not matter because fed law trumps it.

would love to this new stance.
 
Wow, he met with the DOJ and DEA already to discuss new policy with Colorado and Washington?

When did this happen?

http://reason.com/blog/2012/11/07/dea-responds-to-legal-weed-in-colorado-a

Despite the passage of ballot initiatives in Washington and Colorado legalizing recreational marijuana, "the Drug Enforcement Administration’s enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act remains unchanged," a DEA spokesperson told Reason this morning.

"In enacting the Controlled Substances Act, Congress determined that marijuana is a Schedule I controlled substance. The Department of Justice is reviewing the ballot initiatives and we have no additional comment at this time."

The DOJ released a similarly opaque response to reporter CJ Ciaramella of the Washington Free Beacon. "The Department's enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act remains unchanged. In enacting the Controlled Substances Act, Congress determined that marijuana is a Schedule I controlled substance. We are reviewing the ballot initiatives and have no additional comment at this time."

While there's "no comment at this time," Deputy Attorney General James Cole hinted last month at what the Obama administration's response might be.

"Each case is going to rise and fall on its own unique facts," Cole said in a 60 Minutes interview. "Any of that is still in violation of the Controlled Substances Act of the federal law. We're not interested in bothering people who are sick and are using it in the recommendation of a doctor. We are concerned with people who are using it as a pretext to become large-scale drug dealers."
 
Obama sent a letter to holder telling him to leave dispenceries alone if the follow state law. Now do you want to argue that the dea is devoid of jack booted thugs just because of the former! Troll
 
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