High Times for States’ Rights
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
Wait, before you go…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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