Raids on Medical Marijuana Will End

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Raids-on-Medical-Marijuana-Will-End.html ^

[chessplayer]

Medical marijuana advocates were celebrating Thursday night.

The U.S. Attorney General has announced plans to end raids on medical marijuana dispensaries that are legal under state law.

[AppyPappy]

Let’s see if Congress decides they want some pie in order to go along with this.

[Piquaboy]

That would cut of his and BO’s supply.

[jessduntno]

“Holder said Obama’s campaign promise to stop the raids is “now American policy.”

Perfect...now the opiate of the masses can be the opiate of the masses...next stop, Amsterdam style needle parks...

[robert561]

Great, government actually using logic. The war on drugs is a joke, we could save a ton of money without it and actually make room for harden criminals in prisons.

[downwdims]

Munchies qft

[utahson]

Look for traffic fatalities and violent crimes to go up under Obama. Ron Paul supporters are rejoicing. Now they can resume their pot lucks.

[edcoil]

Dude

[Mojave]

De facto legalization. Once again, Barack Obama does the bidding of his master Geroge Soros in his quest to destroy our society.

[Huck]

This is a states rights issue. The Feds have no business getting involved. The Controlled Substance Act is yet one more piece of Nixon’s pathetic legacy. It should be scrapped. Let the states regulate this themselves. They have their own laws on gambling, tobacco, and alcohol. Abolish the DEA. Abolish the ATF. Divert all their resources to Border Patrol. Simple.

[Badeye]

Yep.

[Mojave]

Look for traffic fatalities and violent crimes to go up under Obama.

And a stoned populace is a more easily controlled populace. Brave New World.

[muawiyah]

The real war begins now that the cops are no longer providing you pukes free guard service.

You see what' going on in Juarez? That's the business you're dealing with and it has it's own "enforcement" elements.

A headline ~ "Coming to Your Dispensary Soon ~ 50 Armed Terrorists", but we don't care anymore.

[Huck]

This is good. It’s none of the Feds business. We are supposed to be separate states. Let us govern ourselves, without central planning from DC. If Cali wants to do this, they should be free to do so. We benefit from observing what transpires.

[Mojave]

It’s none of the Feds business.

It's not like pot is fungible or that there is a huge interstate trade in illicit drugs across state lines.

/sarcasm

[robert561]

“You see what’ going on in Juarez? That’s the business you’re dealing with and it has it’s own “enforcement” elements.”

No actually legalizing it and taxing it will greatly diminish the criminal element. Leave it up to the states!

[Huck]

And a stoned populace is a more easily controlled populace.

Yeah, all those hippies were SO controllable. LoL. A populace dicated to by the Feds is a more easily controlled populace. Let the states govern themselves. A decentralized populace with local control is a less controllable populace.

[muawiyah]

MJ is not in the same class as alcohol and tobacco. For one thing it's the price per pound that attracts the bad elements, and it does attract them. Plus, they know the stoners aren't able to put up much resistance and are easy to steal from.

Best part of this deal is that within 6 months there'll be many fewer dealers.

[utahson]

RON PAUL SUPPORTERS WILL NOW LOVE OBAMA. Maybe they will openly sing his praise on FR and FR can begin to purge them all.

[Ransomed]

But, but WOD=JOBS, right? This is a grave blow to the prison industry. We can only hope police sezuires in other areas can make up the difference.

Freegards

[Huck]

The price is high because it is illegal.

[Mojave]

Yeah, all those hippies were SO controllable.

Uh huh. They're right there on the front lines fighting for lower taxes, less welfare, the rights of the unborn, the war on terror, etc.

[Huck]

Let the states control their own borders. Or, if you like the feds giving assistance to states (I don’t), let the states who desire help get it. But let those who don’t want it be free to say “No Thanks.”

[Huck]

They're right there on the front lines fighting for lower taxes, less welfare, the rights of the unborn, the war on terror, etc.

I didn't say hippies are smart. I said they're not controllable.

[stylecouncilor]

ping

[Ken H]

This is good. It's none of the Feds business. We are supposed to be separate states. Let us govern ourselves, without central planning from DC.

Indeed.

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[Huck]

RON PAUL SUPPORTERS WILL NOW LOVE OBAMA.

Doubtful. But letting California govern itself, even into oblivion, is the Constitutional thing to do.

Maybe they will openly sing his praise on FR and FR can begin to purge them all.

Yeah, debate and discussion has no place on a..discussion forum. Let's just all agree with each other. Much easier. I can just cut and paste "me too" all day.

[Mojave]

Let the states control their own borders

So much for the Commerce Clause.

[minman]

If pot is a drug so is alcohol and tobacco.

[Mojave]

RON PAUL SUPPORTERS WILL NOW LOVE OBAMA.

As long as they get their pot pot they'll be happy and easily controlled.

[Mojave]

If pot is a drug so is alcohol and tobacco.

So?

[Darth Hillary]

This is probably the only thing I'll ever be in agreement with obama, unless he completely ends prohibition on flowers.

Everything else he believes in scares the cr@p out of me.

[minman]

We spend far to much money chasing pot heads around the money could be spent to fight the real drugs like meth or heroin.

[minman]

So make alcohol and tobacco illegal see how that flys

[TKDietz]

“Look for traffic fatalities and violent crimes to go up under Obama. Ron Paul supporters are rejoicing. Now they can resume their pot lucks.”

They've had medical marijuana in California since 1996. The dispensaries really didn't start getting raided until recent years, and even when the raids were going on the number of dispensaries kept growing. Did marijuana use go up during these years? No. It actually went down. According to government statistics, California's per capita marijuana use rates are only slightly higher than the national average. There are several states that don't have medical marijuana where a higher percentage of the people smoke pot.

I'm providing you a link to state marijuana use estimates from SAMHSA’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the most comprehensive government survey on drug use in the U.S. Note that teen use in California is actually lower than the national average. See Table B.2: http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k6state/AppB.htm#TabB-2

[Mojave]

next stop, Amsterdam style needle parks...

As long as they get their dope, the liberals/libertarians don't care if Obama turns our society into a cesspool.

[Mojave]

So make alcohol and tobacco illegal see how that flys

If that's what you want, that's what you want.

[DannyTN]

Pot causes bipolar disorder. It’s a little more scary than alcohol and tobacco.

[minman]

How many lives are ruined by alcohol.You can not compare pot to alcohol.

[mysterio]

Good. Now legalize it across the board.

[utahson]

This is just the first step to Obama legalizing marijuana. At which point traffic accidents and violent crimes will go up. Marijuana is just the first stepping stone to move on to another substance, such as meth, cocaine, heroine, etc.

[Mr. K]

I have mixed feeling about this.

When I was young I smoked it. I don’t now because it is illegal and I may have to pass dug tests.

I went to college for bachelors degrees in BOTH Physics and Computer Science, so apparently I am not as stupid as I look.

I worked for the cops and WITH the cops and my son is a cop. All are in agreement- they almost never break up a domestic from potheads- but many times for drunks.

I don’t think is it bad for you- like everythig else only in moderation and I would have no objection to it being legal. I would not mind legally being able to relax on a firday night and watch a movie while slightly buzzed.

It is the overuse of it that is a problem, just like overuse of alcohol. If you are drunk OR stoned all day EVERY day then you have a problem.

But I believe once in a while is relaxing and may actually have medicinal effects. I notice my hair stopped falling out when I was smoking (too late for that now) and my eyesight was better and I had a stonger stomach (no more travle sicnkess)

[mysterio]

It’s a little more scary than alcohol and tobacco.

No, it's definitely not.

[minman]

That is a bunch of crap .It’s no stepping stone alcohol is the stepping stone.if you want to call something a stepping stone.

[CedarDave]

Pot causes bipolar disorder. It’s a little more scary than alcohol and tobacco.

And alcohol causes liver damage and tobacco causes lung cancer. Every drug or stimulant has its down side to those that abuse it.

[Mojave]

1. If pot is a drug so is alcohol and tobacco.

2. You can not compare pot to alcohol.

Amazing.

[Huck]

That’s funny, because marijuana treats bipolar disorder.

[minman]

You are amazingly narrow minded

[DouglasKC]

For all you pro-pot people the fact that the far left embraces legalization of "medical" marijuana should clue you in to the fact that you're on the wrong side of this issue.

Thanks for giving socialists another weapon in their arsenal.

[Mojave]

Pot, Obama and doublethink all go together.