On September 10, the first United States hearing of reconciliation of state and federal laws on marijuana took place, with little to no reconciliation of laws, or opinions for that matter. The simple fact that this hearing was held at all portrays how much the movement has become a visceral issue to the American people. Read More…
Tag: Marijuana
The Kettle Falls Five
The Tenth Amendment: – The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. Five law-abiding citizens of Washington state are each currently facing 10 years imprisonment for cultivating marijuana completely within state regulations. One of whom Read More…
Governed by Intimidation
On July 24th, the Federal Government decided to stage a massive raid on medical dispensaries in Washington State. “Agents came in with guns drawn and seized business records and about $2,500 worth of marijuana intended for cancer patients” Casey Lee, who works at one of the clinics, told an NBC station. These dispensaries were operating Read More…
First to See the Light
“We have been terribly and systematically misled for nearly 70 years in the United States, and I apologize for my own role in that.” – Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta openly stated that he has reversed his stance on marijuana and chosen to apologize for the role that he played in misleading the Read More…
Feds End Medical Marijuana Persecution
“It’s the first time in decades that the federal government has curtailed its oppressive prohibition of marijuana,” the measure’s co-author, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher With a large step in the right direction congress quietly ended the possibility of federal raids on medical marijuana patients. The 1.1 trillion dollar spending bill that is preventing the U.S. government Read More…
Federal Piracy: The Robbery of Medical Marijuana
Pirate: One who preys on others; a plunderer. Plunder: 1. To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; pillage. 2. To seize wrongfully or by force; steal. The Federal Government has recently been executing what many are calling “smash and grab” searches upon medical Read More…