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1. WD
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   Headline: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44806723/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

   Where are all the politicians who preach states' rights?

   Posted 7 months ago #         

2. maplesyrup
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   I was hoping for change. Come on, Obama.

   Posted 7 months ago #         

3. JoB
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   sigh

   Posted 7 months ago #         

4. TDe
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   Ditto, JoB.

   Posted 7 months ago #         

5. kootchman
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   Just watched a History channel on Prohibition. Funny how similar the two issues are. Both were largely ignored..though alcohol was flaunted more vigorously. Other than the fact it supports border drug violence... but we don't care cause it is "Mexkins" doing the dying...keeping it illegal is keeping a lot of unemployed in cash. Like closing them down makes it harder to get? .. sure. Maybe someone should tell Obama FDR got a 30 point jump in the polls when the Prohibition amendment was repealed. That will do it.

   Posted 7 months ago #         

6. redblack
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   kootch: if you had watched the 6-hour, 3-part KCTS/PBS program about prohibition earlier this week, you'd know that it didn't really matter who was in office. the 18th amendment and the volstead act were ignored by the states, the public, and bootleggers. everyone knew it was a joke.

   in other words, FDR's position on prohibition had nothing to do with his popularity or his election.

   back to the topic:

   from the link shared by WD:

   Five years ago, the Department of Justice under President George W. Bush made similar threats to about 300 Los Angeles-area landlords who were renting space to medical marijuana outlets, some of whom were eventually evicted or closed their doors voluntarily, he said.

   "It did have an impact. However, the federal government never acted on its threats, never prosecuted anybody, never even went to court to begin prosecutions," Hermes said. "By and large, they were empty threats, but they relied on them and the cost of postage to shut down as many facilities as they could without having to engage in criminal enforcement activity."

   we'll see.

   but i think this is more of an effort to clarify conflicting state and federal statutes - much like what just happened among the feds, the state of washington, and white center about two months ago.

   sorry. not quite a scandal...

   Posted 7 months ago #         

7. redblack
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   and then today, i heard an AP radio feed that quoted a justice department official as saying that criminals were gaming california's medical marijuana laws and that they intend to put a stop to it.

   it might - or might not - have something to do with a back door for mexican cartels, which would and should attract the feds' attention.

   the bottom line is that the laws don't legalize marijuana for recreational use.

   god knows why, but them's the breaks.

   btw, kootch, the president can't repeal constitutional amendments.

   Posted 7 months ago #         

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