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Obama's Drug War: After Medical Marijuana Mess, Feds Face Big Decision On Pot. OAKLAND, Calif. -- In the summer of 2007, the owners of Harborside Health Center, then and now the most prominent medical marijuana dispensary in the U.S., were reflecting on their rapid rise. Steve DeAngelo had opened the center with his business partner in October 2006, on a day when federal agents raided three other clubs in the San Francisco Bay Area. "We had to decide in that moment whether or not we were really serious about this and whether we were willing to risk arrest for it," DeAngelo said. "And we decided we were going to open our doors. And we did, and we haven’t looked back since. The only way I’ll stop doing what I’m doing is if they drag me away in chains. DeAngelo, looking at his desktop computer during an interview that summer, threw his hands up and shouted, "Yes!

" President Barack Obama made good on his campaign promise shortly after taking office. Some members of the medical marijuana industry, however, took a less nuanced view. In early April, Democratic Gov. Memorandum for Selected United State Attorneys on Investigations and Prosecutions in States Authorizing the Medical Use of Marijuana « Office of Public Affairs. October 19,2009 FROM: David W. Ogden, Deputy Attorney General SUBJECT: Investigations and Prosecutions in States Authorizing the Medical Use of Marijuana This memorandum provides clarification and guidance to federal prosecutors in States that have enacted laws authorizing the medical use of marijuana. These laws vary in their substantive provisions and in the extent of state regulatory oversight, both among the enacting States and among local jurisdictions within those States.

Rather than developing different guidelines for every possible variant of state and local law, this memorandum provides uniform guidance to focus federal investigations and prosecutions in these States on core federal enforcement priorities. The Department of Justice is committed to the enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act in all States. The Department is also committed to making efficient and rational use of its limited investigative and prosecutorial resources. Cc: All United States Attorneys Lanny A. B. State Medical Marijuana Laws. Resources NCSL Contact Updated April 8, 2014 In 1996, California voters passed Proposition 215, making the Golden State the first in the union to allow for the medical use of marijuana.

Since then, 19 more states, and the District of Columbia have enacted similar laws. To date, a total of 20 states and the District of Columbia allow for comprehensive public medical marijuana programs. As of 4/8/14, the Maryland bill--not counted in the 20 state total-- has not been signed by the governor, but is included in the chart below as a legislatively passed measure. Medical Uses of Marijuana In response to California's Prop 215, the Institute of Medicine issued a report that examined potential therapeutic uses for marijuana. State Vs Federal Perspective In late August of 2013, the U.S. Arizona and the District of Columbia voters passed initiatives to allow for medical use, only to have them overturned. *The links and resources are provided for information purposes only. The Urban Homestead® - A City Farm, Sustainable Living & Resource Center, A Path to Freedom towards Self-Sufficiency.

Resonance - Beings of Frequency (documentary film) Transhumanism as a Prison, and How to Escape Perceived Reality. ASPERGILLUS FUNGUS is BUBONIC PLAGUE activated with CELL PHONES u PAY FOR. Cancer curing Dr. Burzynski case dismissed - National Holistic Health. Dead silence is all that remains, over a week since the Texas Medical Board was forced to drop their case against Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski. Other than a couple random small-town newspapers, a questionable blog and Saturday's opinion piece in a tiny Canadian regular, no one in the media has been willing to touch the news that, yet again, all charges were dismissed against a certain doctor that has literally and successfully cured cancer on many occasions.

The Texas Medical Board and the Western medical establishment had been targeting Dr. Burzynski for years and the media was fully willing to document the case against him and chastise his work, prior to the case being dismissed and despite his incredible success record. Strangely, as if the event never occurred, there's been nothing by the media since. Nonetheless, Dr. Refusing to give up, Kavanagh and her family began to research for alternative ways to treat her condition, something people are doing more often these days. Sadly, Dr. Dr. Juicing medical marijuana the latest trend in amazing cures. (NaturalNews) There have been a few articles written about the multitude of environmentally sustainable industrial applications of hemp. There have been perhaps many more written about the medical applications of cannabis. Now there is a formerly skeptical California doctor who has found the optimal method of using marijuana for health.

Unfortunately, the DEA, an arm of the U.S. Justice Department, has made sure marijuana remains as a Class I drug under federal law. This classification means that a drug can be easily abused without acceptable safety even under medical supervision and basically has no medicinal merit. The DEA declared this despite the fact that 926 medical research studies on non-psychoactive cannabidiol (CBD) and other cannabinoids recorded in PubMed on September 22, 2011 were mostly positive with their pharmacological findings. They are getting positive results also. Now it appears that Dr. Dr. Dr. The only obstacle is legality. So Dr. Dr.

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