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http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/...sen-leahy-saysThe Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says he's done waiting for answers about how the Justice Department will handle marijuana offenses in states that have legalized small amounts of the drug.
Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy has asked Attorney General Eric Holder or his deputy to appear at a — and to be prepared to state the Obama administration's policy on the issue. Leahy's been asking questions ever since Washington and Colorado voters approved marijuana for recreational use in last year's elections.
Holder has said for months that the Justice Department is studying how it will handle the state initiatives. And the Office of National Drug Control Policy hasn't responded to Leahy's now asking about the issue, the chairman said.
"There's only so many resources," Leahy told NPR in a telephone interview. "And to waste time on going after simple marijuana cases in states where it's either been legalized, or legalized for medical uses, seems like a bad use of our limited law enforcement dollars."
Leahy says federal authorities should devote time to cracking down on violent crime and deadly drug cartels — and he says he wants assurances that state officials will not face criminal jeopardy for carrying out their duties to license marijuana exchanges in the 20-odd states where marijuana is legal for medical purposes.
"The federal government ought to respect" these decisions by states, Leahy says.
This was said at a Senate Judiciary hearing a few days ago. Times are a changin.
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House tea baggers and Repugs, the police state/PIC, will kill any attempt move mj out of Schedule I, to allow govt/private medical research, etc.
these past 70+ years, reefer madness refers to the legal system, not to mj users.
Breaking news: Holder wont pursue CO and WA for legalizing grass.
State rights argument lol
I don't see what is so funny about that. If the justice department indeed acquiesces to the state decision then that sets a tremendous historical precedent. That the push is coming from the SENATE JUDICIARY CHAIRMAN is huge.
I realize that you have been trained much like boutox in ideological certainty but it is what it is.
great news for the medical marijuana community
Obama needs to pardon all, nationwide, federal, state, county, jailed for simple mj possession of up to ONE POUND! And their arrest/jail records for mj 100% expunged.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Removal...Substances_Act
What implications do you think this could have on the States telling the Gov they will be ignoring gun laws?
Pull that NRA out of your ass.
The Federal govt trumps state laws.
Federal govt's choice to enforce Federal laws and how, eg, dubya's excessive use of signing letters ( I sign the bill into law but I won't necessarily enforce it ). State's have no choice about Federal laws.
I expect Repugs, Fox, right-wing hate media, "Christian" leaders to be all over this one tonight.
I have no interest in discussing off-topic, asinine hypotheticals such as this.
I cannot wait until your asinine ideological generation dies off.
the 1% and the corporatocracy will be screwing the 99% for decades, for generations, including your pathetic generation.
RISE THE PROLETARIAT!!!
lol in other words you just want the right to get high...how you get that right doesn't matter to you.
You've got to be one of the most uptight stoners I've ever seen.
More like I am not taking the bait to turn this into yet another gun thread.
Why is it that people are okay with states' rights when it comes to weed but they if it's about abortion and gayness?
abortion is legal by FEDERAL law.
civil rights enforced for LGBT is FEDERAL law, like citizenship and border crossings are FEDERAL responsiblities.
it's really simple, ain't it?
today's DoJ move is going to encourage other (non-red) states to follow WA and CO, and probably quite quickly.
The barriers to mj medical research and therapy should also be lowered or disappear.
ing HUGE change in policy.
Smoke a joint. See how you feel.
Take one up the ass or down your throat. See how you feel.
Compare the feelings.
Grass over Ass (when it's yours).
When BA's term is up, these things will revert. You'll see. Can't be having people dancing on Sundays.
I think that currently, in Montana, you cannot own, possess, or purchase a firearm while having a medical marijuana license (unless it has changed since the time this article and others were published 2 or so years ago:
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/44712648/n.../#.UiETvBusi8g
Civil rights. Look it up.
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