Legal limbo for medical marijuana
The San Luis Obispo New Times covers the problems medical marijuana dispensaries face from the conflict between state and federal law. While California explicitly permits the medical use of marijuana and its growth and distribution for that purpose, the feds consider all uses of marijuana illegal and act accordingly.
The article strongly suggests that local police agencies that disapprove of California's relatively lenient attitude toward marijuana actively court DEA intervention as an end-run around state law. The result is legal limbo for medical marijuana activists who never know if a joint task force of local and federal police will come calling.
The article strongly suggests that local police agencies that disapprove of California's relatively lenient attitude toward marijuana actively court DEA intervention as an end-run around state law. The result is legal limbo for medical marijuana activists who never know if a joint task force of local and federal police will come calling.
Labels: drugs and prohibition
posted by J.D. Tuccille at
6:42 AM
2 Comments:
Great blog, JD. I followed you over from ALG. Please, please, please keep up the good work.
Andrew,
Thanks for the kind words! I enjoyed my time with ALG and I plan to keep blogging away here on Disloyal Opposition.
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