New Medical Marijuana Policy Issued

[GanjaAL2]

Like I have stated... it is a cash cow for the LE/federal terrorist organizations that go after medical patients and their dispensories. Only time will tell.

There are several sentences in that memo that still make us targets for them. Remember that Marijuana is a big money maker that finances these terrorist organizations that hide under the umbrella of state and federal government.

[spike69]

minnesota is getting closer all the time,but gov. says he'll veto,but hes on his way to run for next pres. so he'll be gone just not soon enough.

[User]

maybe a bit of self-policing from within the medical Cannabis community is called for. you all know as well as i do that there are greedy people who care nothing about sick people, hiding behind those same sick people. think before you buy. don't support dispensaries that you have doubts about. if its that important to you then do some research and only buy from dispensaries that are within guidelines. i don't live in a legal state yet and i've never even been inside of a dispensary but from what i've read and seen i believe i would be able to make a pretty good guess.

if your not a legit patient then grow a pair, man up and don't hide behind medical Cannabis to catch your buzz. get your Cannabis the old fashioned way.

its not just enforcement that is abusing medical Cannabis patient rights.

until Cannabis is legal i don't see the attacks and abuses ending. Cannabis should be re-legalized.

[Oddnonsmoker]

I still agree with those that make the point that this is just policy, nothing more. Policy can change with a change in administration, or with a few bribes and blackmail thrown around in the right places. We were told the same thing back in the spring, and the DEA still conducted raids.

Nevertheless, this is a step forward. We still have most of a marathon ahead. But one step encourages the next, and the next, until we're off and running. It'll get people talking, and that's the most important part.

Free the weed!

[jakgraphix3]

Can anyone say SMOKE SCREEN for his health plans. He bull shitted all of us talking how he smoked and inhaled to get our votes then what? The d.e.a. has been on the war path ever since he was elected. Now he needs backing for the health care plan. Hey let's tell the marijuana folks theres a new "POLICY". Then we get their backing, again, then screw them? UNTIL ELECTION TIME AGAIN. Na don't believe it. Think about it folks if he was HONESTLY going to stop the harassment then he would change the law. PERIOD!!!! If he does end up screwing all of us I can only hope ALL the marijuana users, that voted for him, remember come re-election time. Just sayin.

[Rin101]

Originally Posted by jakgraphix3

Think about it folks if he was HONESTLY going to stop the harassment then he would change the law. PERIOD!!!! If he does end up screwing all of us I can only hope ALL the marijuana users, that voted for him, remember come re-election time. Just sayin.

I don't actually know the whole process, but I don't think he can do that..doesn't Congress have to approve first?

Checks and balances

[Rev. Nuggs]

Originally Posted by Rin101

I don't actually know the whole process, but I don't think he can do that..doesn't Congress have to approve first?

Checks and balances

^^ what he said. All Obama can do is spear head a campaign for the law to be changed and then see what congress does. But nothing like that will even be attempted until he get's re-elected for fear of lost vote's from the mod's and conserv's.
I'm happy to see this all over the network's cause it is a good thing for mmj's public opinion. But I will wait and see if he get's re-elected and and what the talk is then before I will allow myself to get excited.

[swampdog420]

In spite of all the comments I can help but believe that it's a huge step forward that no other politician has had the balls to do. RIGHT on BARACK You are da man. We need some one like that here in Canada. If only Marc would run for office.

[surfin365]

The Pres cannot change laws without the due process of Congress.

What he can do is provide a Presidential Pardon for those convicted.

[Joe Coffee]

imagine the MILLIONS of dollars that would be saved if we pardoned all of the people doing time in jail for smoking weed..... I would love to hear guesses on how many people are jailed at this time for possession of Marijuana.

[surfin365]

Originally Posted by Joe Coffee

imagine the MILLIONS of dollars that would be saved if we pardoned all of the people doing time in jail for smoking weed..... I would love to hear guesses on how many people are jailed at this time for possession of Marijuana.

Answer to part 1, the Prison Industrial Complex would never allow this to happen.

Answer to part 2, Google it and you shall see!!!

[Joe Coffee]

I just GOOGLED it the answer is.......
1 BILLION Dollars annually...

American taxpayers are now spending more than a billion dollars per year to incarcerate its citizens for pot. That’s according to statistics recently released by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics.

According to the new BJS report, “Drug Use and Dependence, State and Federal Prisoners, 2004,” 12.7 percent of state inmates and 12.4 percent of federal inmates incarcerated for drug violations are serving time for marijuana offenses. Combining these percentages with separate U.S. Department of Justice statistics on the total number of state and federal drug prisoners suggests that there are now about 33,655 state inmates and 10,785 federal inmates behind bars for marijuana offenses. The report failed to include estimates on the percentage of inmates incarcerated in county and/or local jails for pot-related offenses.

Multiplying these totals by U.S. DOJ prison expenditure data reveals that taxpayers are spending more than $1 billion annually to imprison pot offenders.

[GanjaAL2]

Private company extortion at its finest as well as funding for terrorists organizations disguised as government agencies... ie, DEA/LE.

[Altanon]

Originally Posted by Weed420

But the fact is it means nothing. No change in law, not binding to any state or federal prosecutors, nothing to guide judges.
Its just another line of shit from the shitmeister Obama. He said we were going to pull out of Iraq and shutdown gitmo too. Just rhetoric. Until they change the laws its just rhetoric.

Gotta give you this one; it leaves far too many loopholes for The Feds to continue just as they always have.

[GanjaAL2]

Yup... just a yes ma'am deal to get backing for more spending and his obamacare.

Two major issues coming down the pike... health care reform and his second stimulus package that he is trying to get passed. We have not even spent the first one yet and unemployment keeps going and going and going.....