Obama's Latest DEA Raid

[kerrywins]

Weren't we just told that the new DEA would be "kinder" to local laws allowing medical marijuana?

Maybe not...
http://cbs5.com/local/medical.marijuana.raid.2.968019.html

[kerrywins]

1. re:

Despite having promised not to raid medical marijuana facilities operating legally under state law, his administration yesterday raided a pot dispensary in San Francisco.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/25/BA5B16N9LR.DTL
On what basis? Alleged state law violations. Specifically, evasion of state sales taxes. The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws notes, "The normal process in such cases is for the Board of Equalization to audit the business in question, NOT for federal agents to enter like storm troopers and steal all of the business's inventory."
http://canorml.org/news/sfdearaid.html

The Obama policy appears to be whenever a state law is violated, regardless of what the state has to say about it, the feds will continue the raids and continue prosecuting people for violation of federal law. Another hollow promise of change, with the one condition that nothing substantive will actually change, only the words we use to discuss the issues.

[flyboyscot68]

2. They just don't want to admit they were wrong

They just don't want to have to admit they have been lying for years about the risks of marijuana. They don't wan to loose the money from it. They would loose control over it if we could grow our own. They would make billions off the tax, but then that would be legal , and they would have to declare that. Now they get it under the table and don't have to declare it. They need to listen to Ron Paul, Legalize all drugs. Switzerland did it with heroin and use went down. Keep up the fight.