Congress quietly ends Fed Ban on MMJ

Put down the pipe bro.

1 there were numerous threads about this already months ago.
2 this does not make mmj legal on a federal level. There is just no money to enforce the law.
3 they already went back on their word becuse there have been several federal raids in WA.

 

Not having money to enforce a law is not the same thing as abolishing a law.

 

And it only lasts until September when this budget expires. 

 

You have the right to post what you did. You thought the info was current, it wasn't, and we're intelligent enough to move on.

 

http://www.thecannabist.co/2015/03/25/carers-act-house-senate-legalize/32143/

 

There is a bill to reschedule cannabis to schedule 2..and it will most likely pass being a bipartisan bill.but it takes a little bit of time..but schedule 2 is where pills and meth are classified. Only thing this will do is allow research on cannabis and ease the worry that medical states have about federal raids and it will allow banks to accept money from cannabis businesses..but people will still be getting incarcerated for cannabis all over the u.s.

 

U.S. Justice Department Says It Will Ignore Federal Law and Prosecute People for Medical Marijuana Despite Congressional Spending Ban



Congress Passed One-Year Amendment in December Prohibiting Justice Department from Undermining State Medical Marijuana Laws; Members of both Parties Sought to Stop Prosecutions and Let States Set Their Own Medical Marijuana Policies

Drug Policy Alliance Calls on President Obama to Rein in Out-of-Control Prosecutors

A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) told the Los Angeles Times that a bi-partisan amendment passed by Congress last year prohibiting DOJ from spending any money to undermine state medical marijuana laws doesn't prevent it from prosecuting people for medical marijuana or seizing their property. The statement comes as the agency continues to target people who are complying with their state medical marijuana law. This insubordination is occurring despite the fact that members of Congress in both parties were clear that their intent with the amendment was to protect medical marijuana patients and providers from federal prosecution and forfeiture.

"The Justice Department is ignoring the will of the voters, defying Congress, and breaking the law," said Bill Piper, director of national affairs for the Drug Policy Alliance. "President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder need to rein in this out-of-control agency."

Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia have laws that legalize and regulate marijuana for medicinal purposes. Twelve states have laws on the books regulating cannabidiol (CBD) oils, a non-psychotropic component of medical marijuana which some parents are utilizing to treat their children's seizures. Four states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for non-medical use.

Last May Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher and Democratic Congressman Sam Farr offered an amendment to a spending bill prohibiting the Justice Department from spending any money in 2015 to prevent states "from implementing their own State laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana." Members of both parties took to the House floor in opposition to the prosecution of medical marijuana patients and providers and in defense of states setting their own marijuana laws without federal interference.

 

Great article and its going to have some huge impacts or effects since its winding its way into the courts.
 
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/09/us/medical-marijuana-dispensers-trapped-by-conflicting-laws.html?_r=0

 

The Federal government should keep it's nose out of individual states business.

 

They're fighting hard for the elites interest. sad that money comes before human life in this world


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