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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…