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Topic: Atty. General Eric H. Holder Jr.: States
to get guidance on legalized marijuana |
Atty. General Eric H. Holder Jr.: States
to get guidance on legalized marijuana
Washington Times, by David Sherfinski
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Original Article
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Posted By:grandpa, 2/27/2013 3:40:15 PM
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U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said Tuesday that federal guidance on new laws legalizing marijuana in Colorado and Washington state is imminent as state oficials have been forced to tread cautiously in their efforts to implememt the laws. (Snip) Marijuana has been legalized for limited medical use in 18 states, as well as the District of Columbia, where applicants had to sign waivers releasing the city from liability if the federal government prosecuted the program’s participants. To proponents of medical marijuana, the Justice Department’s letter served as a reminder of the tenuous relationship between local and federal views on medicinal marijuana use.
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Comments:
The 2009 Ogden memo virtually suspended enforcement of federal drug laws against the drug traffickers´ retail operation of openly selling marijuana snake-oil medicine in Colorado and Washington- and even within the shadow of the U.S. Capitol building in D.C. This has caused an explosion of pot shops and skyrocketing teen drug use.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Not your typical New Yorker, 2/27/2013 3:49:33 PM (No. 9199485)
Fits right in with the emerging dem credo...
Keep them dumb, numb and make them all beggars because they´re easier to please.
The new America.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
offrope, 2/27/2013 3:51:32 PM (No. 9199489)
But what if I don´t want any Soma?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
antiquegolf, 2/27/2013 4:08:14 PM (No. 9199514)
OP raises a good point. If legalized, schools will see increased dope use by middle and high school students.
Q: What do you get when a 90 IQ kid smokes dope at lunch time and then returns to school?
A: A doorstop with bad breath.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
lancelink1, 2/27/2013 4:24:22 PM (No. 9199543)
Guidance? Like where to get some? Brownie receipes? Which wine to serve with the hooka?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec, 2/27/2013 5:24:07 PM (No. 9199622)
Can Near Beer in high school be far off.....
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
BigGeorgeTX, 2/27/2013 6:08:19 PM (No. 9199673)
Don´t Bogart the roach.
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