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In reply to the discussion: Barack Obama has a weed problem [View all]Buddyblazon
(3,014 posts)62. This fucking shit again?
I own a grow store and have been a part of this industry for years.
Entities that have been busted were generally breaking the law. Like the dispensaries here that just got busted for working with Colombian drug cartel. Yet I still hear idiots here making claims like, "Obamas just a liar.". Seriously? The dumb fucks were participating in illegal activities with a notorious drug cartel.
See....these places don't get busted for nothing. You have to do something.
But here in Colorado, we found that they leave the vast vast vast vast vast majority of dispensaries alone. Why? Because they're following the rules.
I've explained this over and over and over again here on DU. The only reason I can think that people continually ignore this common tidbit of these busted dispensaries breaking the rules...and dispensaries following the rules being left alone....is that they just want it to be true that Obama has it out for weed businesses. Trying to explain this over and over is like smashing your head into a brick wall. People are going to believe what they want to believe. Even when somebody that works in the industry (like myself) tells them they're incorrect and explains it to them.
Let me remind everyone here where the stance on marijuana was before Obama. Trust me when I tell you that under Obama we have witnessed the birth of an entire brand new industry....legalized marijuana.
Entities that have been busted were generally breaking the law. Like the dispensaries here that just got busted for working with Colombian drug cartel. Yet I still hear idiots here making claims like, "Obamas just a liar.". Seriously? The dumb fucks were participating in illegal activities with a notorious drug cartel.
See....these places don't get busted for nothing. You have to do something.
But here in Colorado, we found that they leave the vast vast vast vast vast majority of dispensaries alone. Why? Because they're following the rules.
I've explained this over and over and over again here on DU. The only reason I can think that people continually ignore this common tidbit of these busted dispensaries breaking the rules...and dispensaries following the rules being left alone....is that they just want it to be true that Obama has it out for weed businesses. Trying to explain this over and over is like smashing your head into a brick wall. People are going to believe what they want to believe. Even when somebody that works in the industry (like myself) tells them they're incorrect and explains it to them.
Let me remind everyone here where the stance on marijuana was before Obama. Trust me when I tell you that under Obama we have witnessed the birth of an entire brand new industry....legalized marijuana.
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He has employed that power and told the feds to back off in state where it is legal.
Comrade Grumpy
Jan 2014
#49
I'd say the federal governments deal with the Sinaloa cartel is a bigger problem...
Jesus Malverde
Jan 2014
#19
He's helping us legalize cannabis by arresting legal purveyors of cannabis.
progressoid
Jan 2014
#28
He has done no such thing. He has prevented progress with the his AG's actions. nt
TeamPooka
Jan 2014
#53
Weed Bowl 2014 (WA vs. CO) is a humorous opportunity to keep this issue on the front... burner.
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2014
#43
Don't you know job #1 for Democrats is to prove to the beltway they're as good as Republicans?
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2014
#64
it's what happens when your position changes with the direction of popular opinion
Skittles
Jan 2014
#60