DEA continues pot raids Obama opposes

[wideright82]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/200 ... pot-raids/

Drug Enforcement Administration agents this week raided four medical marijuana shops in California, contrary to President Obama's campaign promises to stop the raids.


DEA Acting Administrator Michele Leonhart

The White House said it expects those kinds of raids to end once Mr. Obama nominates someone to take charge of DEA, which is still run by Bush administration holdovers.

“The president believes that federal resources should not be used to circumvent state laws, and as he continues to appoint senior leadership to fill out the ranks of the federal government, he expects them to review their policies with that in mind," White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said.

Medical use of marijuana is legal under the law in California and a dozen other states, but the federal government under President Bush, bolstered by a 2005 Supreme Court ruling, argued that federal interests trumped state law.

Dogged by marijuana advocates throughout the campaign, Mr. Obama repeatedly said he was opposed to using the federal government to raid medical marijuana shops, particularly because it was an infringement on states' decisions.

“I'm not going to be using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws on this issue," Mr. Obama told the Mail Tribune newspaper in Oregon in March, during the Democratic primary campaign.

He told the newspaper the "basic concept of using medical marijuana for the same purposes and with the same controls as other drugs prescribed by doctors, I think that's entirely appropriate."

[Wedgebuster]

Hopefully, this shit will come to an end, as will the congressional attempts to intercede in family decisions and what is stated in folks medical power of attys.

Fvcking douche bags.

[Appaholic]

C'mon Wedgie, those jack-booted thugs have to justify their existence some way.....maybe their surveillance abilities could be put to better use in the War on Terror.....say, in Kabul....

[houndawg]

C'mon Wedgie, those jack-booted thugs have to justify their existence some way.....maybe their surveillance abilities could be put to better use in the War on Terror.....say, in Kabul....

Pay them minimum wage. They produce nothing and anyone can do what those clowns do. No way they deserve as much as a UAW worker.

"Well, son, if you're too stupid to flip burgers, you can always join the DEA."

[AZGrizFan]

“The president believes that federal resources should not be used to circumvent state laws, and as he continues to appoint senior leadership to fill out the ranks of the federal government, he expects them to review their policies with that in mind," White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said.

[/quote]

Apparently, he only believes this where it suits him. Typical donk double standard.

[houndawg]

“The president believes that federal resources should not be used to circumvent state laws, and as he continues to appoint senior leadership to fill out the ranks of the federal government, he expects them to review their policies with that in mind," White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said.

Apparently, he only believes this where it suits him. Typical donk double standard.[/quote]

Hey, you guys got your double-standards for eight years, now it's the other sides turn. Relax and light one up.

[Appaholic]

“The president believes that federal resources should not be used to circumvent state laws, and as he continues to appoint senior leadership to fill out the ranks of the federal government, he expects them to review their policies with that in mind," White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said.

Apparently, he only believes this where it suits him. Typical donk double standard.

Surprise....he's a politician....

[AZGrizFan]

Apparently, he only believes this where it suits him. Typical donk double standard.

Surprise....he's a politician....

Change we can believe in.

What a bunch of lemmings.

[Wedgebuster]

Surprise....he's a politician....

Change we can believe in.

What a bunch of lemmings.

[AZGrizFan]

Change we can believe in.

What a bunch of lemmings.

Change we can believe in.

Yes we can!

[Wedgebuster]

Not much can change until the partisan rhetoric changes.

[Wedgebuster]

[AZGrizFan]

Not much can change until the partisan rhetoric changes.

You know, Hitler used to draw crowds like that.

Popularity <> effectiveness.

[Wedgebuster]

Not much can change until the partisan rhetoric changes.

You know, Hitler used to draw crowds like that.

Popularity <> effectiveness.

12 posts = Godwin

Godwin's Law (also known as Godwin's Rule of Nazi Analogies)[1] is an adage formulated by Mike Godwin in 1990. The law states: "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one."[2][3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_Law

[wideright82]

Apparently, he only believes this where it suits him. Typical donk double standard.

Hey, you guys got your double-standards for eight years, now it's the other sides turn. Relax and light one up. [/quote]


Yeah partisan politics seem so much less important when there is pot involved. Jersey actually is about to pass the medicinal marijuana thing also, for chronic pain patients. My little brother is as excited as a school girl.

[AZGrizFan]

You know, Hitler used to draw crowds like that.

Popularity <> effectiveness.

12 posts = Godwin

Godwin's Law (also known as Godwin's Rule of Nazi Analogies)[1] is an adage formulated by Mike Godwin in 1990. The law states: "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one."[2][3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_Law

Might wanna let yer buddy Cappy in on that little tidbit. He's the KING of referencing Hitler.

[Wedgebuster]

12 posts = Godwin

Godwin's Law (also known as Godwin's Rule of Nazi Analogies)[1] is an adage formulated by Mike Godwin in 1990. The law states: "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one."[2][3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_Law

Might wanna let yer buddy Cappy in on that little tidbit. He's the KING of referencing Hitler.

Never heard of Godwin's law there T?

[Purple For Life]

Man, we'd have so much money if we didn't spend it on the stupidity of trying to bust and prosecute people for pot.

Not to mention that taxes that could be collected on it. Sigh.

[houndawg]

Man, we'd have so much money if we didn't spend it on the stupidity of trying to bust and prosecute people for pot.

Not to mention that taxes that could be collected on it. Sigh.

The biggest agricultural state in the country doesn't collect a dimes worth of taxes on it's largest crop. Legalize it and buy American.