Boulder DA to Feds: BACK OFF - Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

[kpete]

Boulder DA to Feds: Back Off Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

By Jeralyn, Section Colorado News
Posted on Wed Mar 14, 2012 at 03:08:24 PM EST

Stan Garnett, the District Attorney for Boulder, Colorado, has written a letter to Colorado U.S. Attorney John Walsh asking that the feds back off from threatening to prosecute medical marijuana dispensaries in Boulder that are in compliance with state law. From his letter, available here:

My view is that the resources of the United States Attorney’s Office should be focused elsewhere: on terrorism, serious economic crime, organized crime and serious drug dealing (involving significant amounts of heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine). I can see no legitimate basis in this judicial district to focus the resources of the United States government on the medical marijuana dispensaries that are otherwise compliant with Colorado law or local regulation. The people of Boulder County do not need Washington D.C. or the federal government dictating how far dispensaries should be from schools, or other fine points of local land use law.

Accordingly, speaking solely on behalf of myself as the District Attorney in the 20th Judicial District, I am urging you to exercise your prosecutorial discretion to back away from the threatened criminal prosecution of medical marijuana dispensaries in Boulder County if they are compliant with state law and local land use regulations.

Moreover, as the industry has developed and adapted to Colorado’s statutory and local land use and regulatory schemes, I have watched a maturing business that pays substantial tax revenue fit within the fabric of this community.

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MORE:
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2012/3/14/16824/8634

[rusty fender]

1. Good for him!

[SammyWinstonJack]

2. K&R!

[EOTE]

3. Asking the President to stay true to his word?!?

Why, that's heresy! Everyone knows that Obama has no control over federal agencies. The President is not a dictator! What, do you expect him to just wave his magical wand? Have I covered all the excuses we're sure to hear from the Obama apologists?

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. heheheh

[Vincardog]

10. The Obama apologists are part of the eat your cake and have it too wing to the "centrist" party

the one that thinks the left would rather eat bullshit sandwiches than batshit ones;
because they are less repulsive.

[Kolesar]

13. Put a lot of work into that one, huh? eom

[loudsue]

16. That nailed it!! Can I borrow that quote?

Centrists think the left would rather eat bullshit sandwiches than batshit ones, because they are less repulisive?

[Vincardog]

17. Spread it as far as the idjuts try to spread what ever they are selling

[LetTimmySmoke]

4. K&R!

[Voice for Peace]

6. rec

hopefully more DA's will do the same

[abelenkpe]

7. Wish CA would do the same. nt

[uwep]

8. Did not Georgie Porgy control his Justice department???

Did not Georgie's DOJ go after Dem Attorneys that did not tow the line by
not going after groups that helped the poor get to the polls.

It's time President Obama used a little of his power to suggest to the DOJ
that they need to back off.

[pokerfan]

9. The fight our governor (WA State) was unwilling to take on

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Gregoie-vetoes-medical-marijuana-reforms-1358951.php

[CrispyQ]

11. Bravo!

I love my caregivers!

[progressoid]

12. +1

[eShirl]

14. This country needs more like him. n/t

[loudsue]

15. I love it when the voice of reason exercises its vocal cords!

Hell yeah!

[woo me with science]

18. Add one more to the heroes list.

Let's start a tidal wave of pushback against corporate authoritarianism.

[randome]

19. State law is not the sole consideration here.

If any dispensary is violating federal law and the DOJ ignores it, it makes law enforcement look powerless. And that's probably not a good idea.

Unless you're a fan of anarchy.

[sudopod]

21. lol nt

[Luminous Animal]

22. I guess that makes the old Obama a fan of anarchy.

[Uncle Joe]

24. To the contrary the DOJ ignoring war crimes, torture and the banksters' actions

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make law enforcement look powerless, when they follow that up by going after the weak, sick; and their relievers of pain over the use of a most beneficial plant/medicine, it makes law enforcement look corrupted.

Unless you're a fan of sadism.

[dougolat]

28. perfectly put....

...enforcement choices speak volumes.

[Comrade Grumpy]

25. EVERY dispensary and EVERY patient is violating federal law.

Federal law DOES NOT recognize medical marijuana. Period.

The DOJ DOES ignore it when it comes to patients (pretty much).

The DOJ DID ignore it from October 2009 until last summer, when the Cole memo superseded the Ogden memo.

Did the world crumble? Did Berkeley become Somalia?

The DOJ chooses how to use its limited resources. The DOJ is choosing to waste our tax dollars on this shit. Do you want the DOJ interpreting and enforcing local land use ordinances?

And Obama is the boss. He is ultimately responsible.

[SomethingFishy]

26. EVERY dispensary is violating Federal Law.

There is no Federal law making marijuana legal for medical use. They are state laws. Obama during his campaign promised not to interfere with state marijuana laws. That went right out the window when he got elected.

[Uncle Joe]

20. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

[Dawson Leery]

23. At least this DA is doing something good.

Unlike the DEA who has raped the taxpayers for it's war against the citizenry.

[cbayer]

27. Sorry about the dupe. I looked but did not see this (even though it was obviously there).