By Joel Rosenblatt Bloomberg Large-scale growers, sellers and distributors of marijuana may be prosecuted in states that have passed laws permitting medical use of the drug, according to a Justice Department memo obtained by Bloomberg News. The June 29 memo, from Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole to U.S. attorneys, says a 2009 memo issued…
With the Mexican Cartels spreading their violent tentacles in the U.S., and bullets still flying at your local crack corner, it’s very smart to prioritize and layoff the medical marijuana users. DEVLIN BARRETT Associated Press WASHINGTON — Federal drug agents won’t pursue pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers in states that allow medical marijuana, under…
Here’s an interesting development. The Obama Administration has made it clear that it would no longer bust legal medical marijuana dispensaries. Was that too broad of a policy statement or have some people just not gotten the memo? By Rachel Gordon San Francisco Chronicle SAN FRANCISCO — Federal agents raided a medical marijuana dispensary in…
