| Bruce, 28 raids in 24 hours. That's the unfortunate reality for medical marijuana patients in Montana and California. Federal agents shutdown 26 dispensaries across Montana and 2 in the medical marijuana sanctuary city of West Hollywood, California this month in their latest attack on patients and legitimate businesses. The DEA isn't even supposed to be conducting these raids in the first place. In 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder issued a memo ordering an end to federal raids of medical marijuana dispensaries. Yet, despite his memo, federal agents have continued these operations sporadically for years, without regard for patients', states' or business' rights. Attorney General Eric Holder clearly doesn't have control of his own cavalry. This assault on patients rights has to stop now. Click here to sign the letter: http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/fedraids But is Holder being dishonest and hypocritical? Or does he simply lack strong leadership among US Attorneys General? A memo issued on February 1st by US Attorney Melinda Haag (who, ironically, represents Northern California) directly contradicts Holder's edict. She declares that ANYONE engaging in the buying or selling of marijuana, regardless of their protection under state laws, will be punished by the federal government. That doesn't just mean dispensaries and the patients who rely on them, but goes as far as to include landlords, financiers and property owners as well. It's a full-court press designed to intimidate supporters of reform and ostracize patients seeking their prescribed medications. This attitude puts lives in jeopardy and undermines our democratic institutions by foiling state attempts to provide solutions for their own people. We need to put an end to the federal harassment of medical marijuana patients now. Click here to add your name: http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/fedraids This kind of official hypocrisy at the expense of our most vulnerable citizens is a disgrace to the notion of basic human rights everywhere. Thank you for standing up for a patients' basic rights to treatment. Thanks for all you do. Brian Sonenstein Contribute to Just Say Now to support marijuana legalization. Click here: This email was sent to: majors.bruce@gmail.com To unsubscribe, go to: http://action.firedoglake.com/unsubscribe |
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