Feds give GREEN light?

 

                    Today the department of Juctice issued a memo in regards to the newly, voter approved, cannabis laws. Led by US attorney General Eric Holder, the DOJ has stated that they would allow the states to create a regime that would regulate and implement the ballot initiatives that legalized the use of marijuana for adults. This is a postive step in my eyes, even with the fact that very similar statements have been made regarding medical marijuana; one in our industry must hold good faith and stay postive ! I strongly believe today we took a step in the right direction and we will keep up the good fight, until all patient have access to the medicine they need.

- Tim

 

 

For a little more on the MEMO check out visit our friends over at MEDIFADED.COM

 

 

 

The memo also outlines eight priorities for federal prosecutors enforcing marijuana laws. According to the guidance, DOJ will still prosecute individuals or entities to prevent:

• the distribution of marijuana to minors;
• revenue from the sale of marijuana from going to criminal enterprises, gangs and cartels;
• the diversion of marijuana from states where it is legal under state law in some form to other states;
• state-authorized marijuana activity from being used as a cover or pretext for the trafficking of other illegal drugs or other illegal activity;
• violence and the use of firearms in the cultivation and distribution of marijuana
• drugged driving and the exacerbation of other adverse public health consequences associated with marijuana use;
• growing of marijuana on public lands and the attendant public safety and environmental dangers posed by marijuana production on public lands;
• preventing marijuana possession or use on federal property.

 

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