On Oct 8, 4:54 am, Bruce Majors <majors.br...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Gary Johnson on Fed Crackdown on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries:
> DOJ Has Better Things To Do
>
> October 7, 2011, Santa Fe, NM — Responding to an announced Department of
> Justice "crackdown" on California medical marijuana dispensaries, former New
> Mexico Governor and presidential candidate Gary Johnson today warned that
> Americans who believe in states rights should be "extremely disturbed" by
> what he calls an "assault" on businesses operating legally under state law.
>
> In a statement released Friday morning, Johnson said, "With weapons being
> allowed to `walk' to drug cartels in Mexico and Solyndra walking with $500
> million of taxpayers' money, I would think DOJ and the Administration have
> better things to do than mount an assault on medical marijuana dispensaries
> in California that are legal under state law. Regardless of one's view of
> medical marijuana, Americans who believe in states' rights should be
> extremely disturbed that the federal government is in the process of
> shutting down businesses, threatening criminal charges, and confiscating the
> property of small businesses operating under good faith according to state
> law.
>
> "We have a drug war along the border that has taken tens of thousands of
> lives, and the federal government is spending its time and resources
> declaring war on small businesses whose only `crime' is trying to dispense
> medical relief in a regulated, taxed, and legal manner. If there is a
> conflict between state law and federal law, maybe it's time for the feds to
> just admit that their law is just wrong, and let the states decide for
> themselves how they want to handle the issue of medical marijuana."
>
> According to news reports, the Department of Justice has issued warnings to
> medicinal marijuana dispensaries, operating under California law, demanding
> that they shut down within 45 days or face not only confiscation of their
> property, but also criminal charges.
>
> Learn more about Gov. Johnson athttp://www.garyjohnson2012.com/and become
> a fan atwww.Facebook.com/GovGaryJohnson
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