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Webster Green

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28. The state laws are at odds with the federal laws.
Thu Dec 22, 2011, 06:50 AM
Dec 2011

The feds are out to lunch. They need to mind their own beeswax. They claim there are no medicinal benefits to cannabis, which is false, and damn near everyone knows it. Cannabis has such a wide range of medicinal benefits, that it is difficult to think of anything that even comes close to helping people with so many different ailments. New studies discovering new uses for the plant are published all the time. Cannabis is arguably the most useful plant known to man, yet is it prohibited due to lies perpetrated by federal agents, who depend on demonizing drugs to protect their jobs. They also get a kick out of bashing hippies.

The Marin Alliance has been operating with the blessing of the town of Fairfax, and playing by all the rules. The feds have decided to challenge the right of the states to decide if they want to allow medicinal cannabis. It is so sad to see all the hard work that has been done being destroyed by this clueless administration, and their DEA thugs. 15 years of enlightened attitude toward medicinal cannabis is being destroyed very quickly by the liars who insist that pot has no known medicinal value.

The landlord was fine with MAMM until the feds started putting on the pressure....threatening to confiscate his property. The feds are denying cannabis providers from claiming legitimate business expenses. That is absurd. The dispensaries have plenty of operating expenses, just like any other business.

I can't imagine why you would defend the DEA on this issue. If you ever wind up having to do a couple courses of nasty chemotherapy, I'll bet you will change your views pretty quickly. Meanwhile, don't believe everything you have been told about this. The feds are lying once again. Surprise, surprise. That's what they do.

Obama is fucking clueless. I can't believe he can be so cruel.

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Must make way for the New big pharma canaboid pills!! comipinko Dec 2011 #1
They have the mono-pot-ly on medicinal marajuana KansDem Dec 2011 #4
sad news, more backwards motion from this corporatist administration. Civilization2 Dec 2011 #2
Shredding any pretense of "states rights" ~nt 99th_Monkey Dec 2011 #27
Disgusting! Webster Green Dec 2011 #3
Depressing. k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Dec 2011 #5
Once again the Obama administration has succeeded where the Bush Administration has failed Freddie Stubbs Dec 2011 #6
lol closeupready Dec 2011 #15
C'mon, don't you all feel safer knowing that fewer cancer partients are gonna be able to get high? abq e streeter Dec 2011 #7
I am not cheerleading the government on this. randome Dec 2011 #8
Obama "silent" on MMJ policy, my eye. Actions speak WAY louder than any words. nt Romulox Dec 2011 #9
Obama's Justice Department Should Be Going After Real Criminals....(like gang stalkers) red dog 1 Dec 2011 #10
k&r n/t RainDog Dec 2011 #11
Break enough laws, and you will get shut down. boppers Dec 2011 #12
What laws were broken? Webster Green Dec 2011 #14
Sorry, didn't link to all the articles (I had read about 15). boppers Dec 2011 #21
The state laws are at odds with the federal laws. Webster Green Dec 2011 #28
Thank You for setting this straight Webster and I am furious at Obama too. Mojeoux Dec 2011 #32
"They claim there are no medicinal benefits to cannabis" is FALSE. boppers Dec 2011 #33
The DEA claims just that, and they are part of the executive branch of the government. Webster Green Dec 2011 #34
Selling pot is not illegal, nor is dispensing it. boppers Dec 2011 #36
Wow! A blatent lie? Webster Green Dec 2011 #39
The derived synthesis you posit is simply not in their literature. boppers Dec 2011 #40
You are just wrong. Webster Green Dec 2011 #41
Wow, to say the Feds disrespect and deny the health benifits makes me a "blatant" liar? Mojeoux Dec 2011 #43
This message was self-deleted by its author Webster Green Dec 2011 #45
This message was self-deleted by its author Webster Green Dec 2011 #46
You are incorrect about how drugs are scheduled. boppers Dec 2011 #49
fail Webster Green Dec 2011 #54
"The derived synthesis you posit" Webster Green Dec 2011 #47
I was trying to explain how you possibly wound up making a common logic error. boppers Dec 2011 #48
You are indeed hopeless Webster Green Dec 2011 #52
Crock o'crap i_sometimes Dec 2011 #24
They claimed to be a non-profit. boppers Dec 2011 #26
I read the article... i_sometimes Dec 2011 #18
See #21. boppers Dec 2011 #22
Too easy... i_sometimes Dec 2011 #23
You can claim to be non-profit, but that doesn't make it true. boppers Dec 2011 #25
Lol, a park? i_sometimes Dec 2011 #31
$25 an ounce? Webster Green Dec 2011 #35
I grew up in Tucson. boppers Dec 2011 #37
It is not cheap or easy to produce the quality of product available in the dipensaries. Webster Green Dec 2011 #38
I have no idea what growing up in Tucson has to do with this dialog. Webster Green Dec 2011 #42
You can buy a $1,500 bottle of wine, or a $1 bottle. boppers Dec 2011 #50
Nobody that I know is that fucking stupid. Webster Green Dec 2011 #55
It's not about more or less taxes, it's about using our tax dollars effectively. Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #13
What bullshit. Hell Hath No Fury Dec 2011 #16
Maybe if Pot Clubs started buying lobbyists by the truckload? [nt] Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #17
all they are doing is decreasing sales tax revenues noiretextatique Dec 2011 #19
Along with the federal government, biig pharma has it's hands in all of these crackdowns. sarcasmo Dec 2011 #20
It's great to know.. sendero Dec 2011 #29
kick QC Dec 2011 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author sarcasmo Dec 2011 #44
Sick people tooeyeten Dec 2011 #51
All I can say is Praise the Lord AlwaysQuestion Dec 2011 #53
did you leave off the sarcasm thingie on that rant? hobbit709 Dec 2011 #56
Just a bunch of misguided Marin county hot-tubbers Brother Buzz Dec 2011 #57
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