Reno News & Review, 22 Dec 2011 – Federal prosecutors have been conducting a war against California medical marijuana shops, in defiance of President Obama’s stated policy. When he was campaigning for the presidency, Obama said, "What I’m not going to be doing is using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws on this issue simply because I want folks to be investigating violent crimes and potential terrorism. We’ve got a lot of things for our law enforcement officers to deal with."
posted on December 22, 2011 by
US NV: Editorial: Is Obama In Control?
Reno News & Review, 22 Dec 2011 – Federal prosecutors have been conducting a war against California medical marijuana shops, in defiance of President Obama’s stated policy. When he was campaigning for the presidency, Obama said, "What I’m not going to be doing is using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws on this issue simply because I want folks to be investigating violent crimes and potential terrorism. We’ve got a lot of things for our law enforcement officers to deal with."
posted on August 22, 2010 by
US NV: Pot Law Makes No Sense: Discuss
Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug 2010 – A judge has an unusual sentence for a 25-year-old Sacramento man who sold marijuana to a police informant in a casino parking lot at Lake Tahoe. District Judge Dave Gamble ordered Matthew Palazzolo to write a report on what the judge called the "nonsensical character" of California’s medical marijuana law the Gardnerville Record-Courier reported.
posted on July 31, 2010 by
US NV: Editorial: An Overdue Policy
Las Vegas Sun, 31 Jul 2010 – Veterans Affairs Wisely Relaxes Its Objections to Medical Marijuana Use A growing number of Americans have embraced the legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes as a compassionate way to help those who are suffering from AIDS, cancer and other debilitating diseases. There was evidence of that in January when New Jersey became the 14th state to approve the use of medical marijuana, joining a list that includes Nevada. There was even more evidence that month when an ABC News/Washington Post poll was released showing that 81 percent of Americans support marijuana legalization for medicinal purposes, up from 69 percent in 1997.
