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Saturday, February 28, 2009

Medical Marijuana Laws are Now Up to the States

For those who claim that nothing substantial has changed from the Bush administration to the Obama administration, this significant development will come as a challenge for their sophistry.

This is great news, which could potentially help millions of Americans suffering from terminal and debilitating illnesses. Good for Obama.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is sending strong signals that President Obama - who as a candidate said states should be allowed to make their own rules on medical marijuana - will end raids on pot dispensaries in California.
Asked at a Washington news conference Wednesday about Drug Enforcement Administration raids in California since Obama took office last month, Holder said the administration has changed its policy.
"What the president said during the campaign, you'll be surprised to know, will be consistent with what we'll be doing here in law enforcement," he said. "What he said during the campaign is now American policy."
During one campaign appearance, Obama recalled that his mother had died of cancer and said he saw no difference between doctor-prescribed morphine and marijuana as pain relievers. He told an interviewer in March that it was "entirely appropriate" for a state to legalize the medical use of marijuana "with the same controls as other drugs prescribed by doctors."
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Posted by Delaware Watch at Saturday, February 28, 2009