loves420 Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 DEA Responds to Legal Weed in Colorado and Washington: "Enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act remains unchanged" Mike Riggs|Nov. 7, 2012 10:27 amhttp://media.reason.com/mc/_external/2012_11/86b76e8d55e9f1002e55433c2e3a6920.jpg?h=226&w=300 Despite the passage of ballot initiatives in Washington and Colorado legalizing recreational marijuana, "the Drug Enforcement Administration’s enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act remains unchanged," a DEA spokesperson told Reason this morning. "In enacting the Controlled Substances Act, Congress determined that marijuana is a Schedule I controlled substance. The Department of Justice is reviewing the ballot initiatives and we have no additional comment at this time." The DOJ released a similarly opaque response to reporter CJ Ciaramella of the Washington Free Beacon. "The Department's enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act remains unchanged. In enacting the Controlled Substances Act, Congress determined that marijuana is a Schedule I controlled substance. We are reviewing the ballot initiatives and have no additional comment at this time." While there's "no comment at this time," Deputy Attorney General James Cole hinted last month at what the Obama administration's response might be. "Each case is going to rise and fall on its own unique facts," Cole said in a 60 Minutes interview. "Any of that is still in violation of the Controlled Substances Act of the federal law. We're not interested in bothering people who are sick and are using it in the recommendation of a doctor. We are concerned with people who are using it as a pretext to become large-scale drug dealers." Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, an opponent of Amendment 64, had this to say late last night: “The voters have spoken and we have to respect their will. This will be a complicated process, but we intend to follow through. That said, federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug so don’t break out the Cheetos or gold fish too quickly.” http://reason.com/blog/2012/11/07/de...-in-colorado-a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Oz Posted November 8, 2012 Admin Report Share Posted November 8, 2012 (edited) Desperate attempts to keep people as scared as they can and have them helping them with their fight against what now appears to be suddenly recreational cannabis only. We're not interested in bothering people who are sick and are using it in the recommendation of a doctor. We are concerned with people who are using it as a pretext to become large-scale drug dealers Now they know what's coming and have zero chance of stopping it, this is a desperate attempt to now divide medical cannabis users against recreational cannabis. Only two states for the US but even on their own they far outnumber the DEA and foolish prohibitionist out there still trying to flog a long dead horse... Top job Washington and Colorado you lead the way for the rest of the world. Edited November 8, 2012 by Oz added quote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Jane Stoner Posted November 8, 2012 Report Share Posted November 8, 2012 The mayor (I think...) has already said he will bow to the will of the masses. So despite also being anti-fun he has promised to make weed legal. The founding fathers never gave the federal government the right to control drugs. Its largely a state issue. Going to be fun watching them clash. This revolution reminds me of gandhi. He organised peaceful change and so are the legalisation camp. How embarassing for the DEA to find that the public don't want to foot their wages and pay for them lock up pot smokers. I'm optimistic but it would be horrible if the jerks in federal government keep this prohibition going in the rebel states. Disney wants to make a new Star Wars movie. They should make a marijuana movie. Dope Wars. The American Empire Strikes Back. Return of the Red Eye. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Oz Posted November 8, 2012 Admin Report Share Posted November 8, 2012 Yes it's certainly a lot harder and riskier kicking in the the average crack dens door to your average cannabis growers... History tends to repeat itself closely and you only have to look at how cannabis prohibition came into effect and also how alcohol prohibition ended to see what's coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZ Stoners Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Two states that approved recreational use of marijuana could learn Friday whether the federal government intends to file a lawsuit to block the measures from taking effect. View the full article Two states that approved recreational use of marijuana are waiting to hear how the federal government intends respond to the measures.The governor of Colorado said he planned to talk by phone with U.S. ... View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentato Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 I cant wait to see the feds response to this. Part of me thinks that the fed will come down on marijuana use hard now Obama has made it in for another term. But then there is another part of me that says that there is growing enormous pressure on the fed to leave MJ legislation to each state.Can honestly say i have no idea where its going to go from here but i know i will be watching this very very closely ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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