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In reply to the discussion: Attn Gen. Holder: Yes, The Executive Branch Could Remove MMJ from DEA Hands [View all]phleshdef
(11,936 posts)3. Why do people keep ignoring the fact that the vast majority of MMJ clinics are not being bothered...
...in any way shape or form?
Why do people keep ignoring the fact that in a lot, if not all, of these cases, there have been regulatory reasons for raiding the clinics that have been raided?
People who sell or create any controlled or semi-controlled substance are subject to a shit load of rules, whether it be medication, alcohol or tobacco.
I'm pro legalization all the way and have been a marijuana user in the past. But I don't want people to just go nuts with it, whenever, wherever and however they want.
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Attn Gen. Holder: Yes, The Executive Branch Could Remove MMJ from DEA Hands [View all]
RainDog
Apr 2012
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Why do people keep ignoring the fact that the vast majority of MMJ clinics are not being bothered...
phleshdef
Apr 2012
#3
You have to have special licenses to sell alcohol or create mass quantities of it to sell.
phleshdef
Apr 2012
#10
I haven't noticed the federal government enforcing state liquor regulations..
Fumesucker
Apr 2012
#13
FACT: The DEA has left the vast majority of MMJ clinics in these states alone.
phleshdef
Apr 2012
#11
US attorneys have sent out more than 300 threat letters to dispensaries and landlords in California.
Comrade Grumpy
Apr 2012
#14