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The Justice Department is officially going to quit harshing the mellow of the 13 states that have medical marijuana laws on the books. Dispensaries and patients will no longer have to worry about federal raids—unless they’re “drug traffickers who hide behind claims of compliance with state law.”

Read the Justice Department’s memo to U.S. attorneys here. —PZS

Reuters:

In a statement, Holder said the Justice Department will continue to prosecute people who claim to comply with state or local law, but really are concealing illegal operations.

“It will not be a priority to use federal resources to prosecute patients with serious illnesses or their caregivers who are complying with state laws on medical marijuana,” Holder said.

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By MRM70, October 20 at 2:29 pm #
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With the economy in the tanker and no real end in sight, now is the perfect time to legalize marijuana and tax it. Not only will it add to the economy via tax revenue, it will end the millions spent on this ridiculous “war on drugs” that can never be won.

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By Ben Riddle, October 20 at 1:31 pm #
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Why would the govenment deny any tax profit? Do we not remember Jamestown and Prohibition? What are we waiting for? LEGALIZE IT ALREADY!!!!

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By shemp333, October 20 at 5:45 am #

By legalizing marijuana we would take half of the drug gangs money away from them in an instant. That’s how we win this stupid Drug War. By ending it.

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By JimM, October 19 at 10:57 pm #

With PatrickHenry. this will help get rid of a big chunk of the underground drug market and put the dealers out of business. Let’s get real and grow up.

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By Cecil Green, October 19 at 10:36 pm #
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“Will not be a priority” doesn’t mean they won’t still do it. So, what, it’s on the back-burner now?

I second PatrickHenry, though I would add that people should be able to grow their own medicines FREELY, without taxation. Anything else is slavery.

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By PatrickHenry, October 19 at 6:01 pm #

Clearly a states rights issue.

Tax and regulate cannibis use, while they’re at it legalize hemp production for fiber, oil, feed and a myraid of other job creating uses.

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