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Title: Eric Holder Says DOJ Will Let Washington, Colorado Marijuana Laws Go Into Effect
Post by: 240 is Back on August 29, 2013, 11:36:51 AM
WASHINGTON -- The United States government took a historic step back from its long-running drug war on Thursday, when Attorney General Eric Holder informed the governors of Washington and Colorado that the Department of Justice would allow the states to create a regime that would regulate and implement the ballot initiatives that legalized the use of marijuana for adults.

A Justice Department official said that Holder told the governors in a joint phone call early Thursday afternoon that the department would take a "trust but verify approach" to the state laws. DOJ is reserving its right to file a preemption lawsuit at a later date, since the states' regulation of marijuana is illegal under the Controlled Substances Act.

huffingtoncomposte.com
Title: Re: Eric Holder Says DOJ Will Let Washington, Colorado Marijuana Laws Go Into Effect
Post by: Emmortal on August 29, 2013, 11:46:49 AM
Doesn't meant they won't go in and bust the dispensaries like they have been doing in California even though they said they would back off.

Just more double speak from the monkeys steering the ship.
Title: Re: Eric Holder Says DOJ Will Let Washington, Colorado Marijuana Laws Go Into Effect
Post by: Jack T. Cross on August 29, 2013, 03:51:48 PM
Doesn't meant they won't go in and bust the dispensaries like they have been doing in California even though they said they would back off.

Just more double speak from the monkeys steering the ship.

I've got a huge problem with those that claim one goal, while working toward another.
Title: Re: Eric Holder Says DOJ Will Let Washington, Colorado Marijuana Laws Go Into Effect
Post by: Roger Bacon on August 29, 2013, 06:08:59 PM
States should be more powerful than the Feds.