WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Justice Department has provided federal prosecutors "clarification and guidance" urging them to go after drug traffickers, but not patients and caregivers, in the 14 states that have medical marijuana laws.
A memo sent to U.S. attorneys said that in carrying out Justice pronouncements made earlier this year indicating a policy shift to end prosecutions against users, authorities should continue to pursue drug traffickers.
"It will not be a priority to use federal resources to prosecute patients with serious illnesses or their caregivers who are complying with state laws on medical marijuana," said Attorney General Eric Holder. "But we will not tolerate drug traffickers who hide behind claims of compliance with state law to mask activities that are clearly illegal," Holder added.
The memo from Deputy Attorney General David Ogden was sent to U.S. attorneys in Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Maryland, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/19/medical.marijuana/index.html?eref=time_politics
Of course, in many states, the patients have to buy the marijuana off the street from dealers, unless they have the talent to grow their own. Growing it would result in a waiting period until harvest time.
I ran across a program on the internet from England showing how to grow pot and believe me it is not easy or cheap.
The Electricity, Irrigation's, Feeding and air exchange for the growing has a huge start up cost and the over head makes it a loss unless growing 50 plants or so. I don't think anyone that is ill needs 200 lbs of that medicine.
Police are informed when water bills and electric bill jump sky high, My daughter was house sitting in Maine and one of the toilets on top floor began to run 24/7. She never went to that floor but was surprised when a town water inspector and a cop showed up and questioned her usage of all the water.
Officer jiggles the handle, water stops flowing--problem solved.
People are known to buy homes and not live in them, the cellar becomes a manufacturing plant. The home owners have to some how circumvent electricity or place illegal circut breakers for the operation.
Sooner or later these people are caught by the electric company, We have had a couple cases of that in my area. The crooks were so stupid, no one lived in the house, mistake NO.1, --they let the lawn go to weed, that is mistake NO.2-- no cars parked in the yard, mistake NO.3-- a few times a week old beat up cars would stop, 4-6 biker like men would get out and spend a couple hours in the house then leave. mistake NO4--
Any neighbor including those deaf and blind in one eye became very curious. First time the police get a whiff of this is they will check the utility records for that unlived in home----Gotcha--.
Some believe that God placed all living creatures under the laws of man, to be eaten, worn as clothing, even hunted for the heck of it. For man to make laws that say God is wrong and man decides what outhers can or cannot do with plants of the forest or field, then man is saying that the free choice God gave to mankind must be superseded by something smarter, more powerful and greater then God.
If we could place Aspirin on the RX. imagine the people buying on the black market. If that happen I will sell everything but the clothing I am wearing to buy Pharmacy Stocks.
Rant over, for now.
