By "Radical" Russ Belville on February 25, 2009
Speaking at a press conference with DEA administrator Michelle Leonhart, Attorney General Eric Holder declared that ending medical marijuana raids ”is now American policy.”
A reporter asked, “shortly after the inauguration there were raids on California medical marijuana dispensaries…do you expect these to continue?”, noting that the President had promised to end the raids in the campaign.
Holder responded, “What the President said during the campaign…is consistent with what we will be doing here in law enforcement. He was my boss in the campaign….He is my boss now. What he said in the campaign is now American policy.”
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The question appears about 25 minutes into the press conference, which was devoted to an operation against the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel.
February 25th, 2009. Mark it as the day on your calendar when the beginning of the end of adult marijuana prohibition happened. With federal pressure off of California and other medical marijuana states, the acceptance of cannabis will grow… like a weed!
I think I am crying… Good night, y’all!
Posted in ACTIVISM, ENTERTAINMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT, SCIENCE | Tagged Administrator Michele Leonhart, Attorney General, C-SPAN, California, DEA, DEA Raids, dispensaries, Eric Holder
I am the host of the NORML SHOW LIVE and The NORML Stash Blog. I'm married, live in Portland, Oregon, and I am a registered medical marijuana caregiver in this state. I've worked days as an IT geek and nights as a professional musician. Previously, I have been the host of my own political talk radio show on satellite radio. I've been the High Times "Freedom Fighter of the Month" for my work producing Oregon NORML's TV show, "A Cannabis Community Forum", and for helping to institute Portland's wildly successful medical marijuana cardholders meetings, where we help sick and disabled Oregonians acquire cannabis plant starts, learn gardening, and understand the medical marijuana law. I've dedicated my life to bringing an end to adult marijuana prohibition and re-legalizing cannabis hemp, and I'm honored to be chosen by NORML to be our daily voice.
i have story for that shows Goage Bushes atatude to Human rights. in 2006 2007 i proved that Pinellas county florida DCFGroup home system ran by Merry Manviech and sister charlete Drisco.with the help of Anita sivlia and Diane Kissick.the name of system was HRS.after 4 year old autistic boy was put in cage naked out side from starvashing and exsposser state leaders lied to public .and said new gruop was taken over. that little boy had so many bug bites on him he didint look human. they changed name to family contanutys.Same people just new name of program. and that Pineallas county was running crimanal manufacturing scam hell they even had crack lab in court house it was proven that judges and state atorneys office and public defenders office was crooked people that numbers in the thousnds over the years have been torctoerd there teeth ground down durin the time that i was looking into it i was jumped whyl cooking diner for me and my father and younger brother.and charged with 6 copunts of battery on law inforcement.by father was beeten they threaten ower nambers.while they had me in jail i was beeten my teeth ground down denied food and sleep regurly.and all legal rights now durin FBIinvestagation GW bush pulled FBI out of it.Left it in the hands of son JEB BUSH who was Govener of Florida at that time. HE prolonged it out intill Charley crist took office. they lied to public agan said private group was taken over gave Merry Manvieh promtion and anita sivlia Diane Kissick now have same jobs under maiden names sence then children have been taken for resons that are lies and parents forced to Adopt them out. They admited Judges are crooked but said they serve the system so they moved them to another court .what happen to serve the the people.these people dont just use there power to get away with crimanal acts they comitt human rights violations.and now it has gotin worst
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Speaking of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder:
Eric Holder is a racial-minority individual, and in his heart and mind he inevitably does not endorse hate crimes committed by George W. Bush.
George W. Bush committed hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism (indicated in my blog).
George W. Bush did in fact commit innumerable hate crimes.
And I do solemnly swear by Almighty God that George W. Bush committed other hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism which I am not at liberty to mention.
Many people know what Bush did.
And many people will know what Bush did—even to the end of the world.
Bush was absolute evil.
Bush is now like a fugitive from justice.
Bush is a psychological prisoner.
Bush has a lot to worry about.
Bush can technically be prosecuted for hate crimes at any time.
In any case, Bush will go down in history in infamy.
Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993
“GEORGE W. BUSH IS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY” BLOG OF ANDREW YU-JEN WANG
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I am not sure where I had read it before, but anyway, it is a linguistically excellent statement, and it goes kind of like this: “If only it were possible to ban invention that bottled up memories so they never got stale and faded.” Oh wait—off the top of my head—I think the quotation came from my Lower Merion High School yearbook.
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Yes, sir. You are thinking of the DEA ruling in my case from December 19. I’m appealing that to the Eighth Circuit, Carl Olsen v. DEA, No. 09-1162. My brief is going in the mail tomorrow.
Im pretty sure I just made sticky in my pants….:P”
Carl, I get you now. I may have the wrong decision on the brain. There was one like what I’m describing. So many decisions, so few brain cells.
I just saw another news report.. woman said 60,000 pounds of marijuana.
You seem to be missing my point here. The Craker decision was not about the federal government failing to remove marijuana from Schedule I once it had been accepted for medical use by the states. You seem to think the Craker decision was a ruling on something entirely unrelated to the case.
great work this a.m. Russ, I have been STOKED all day about this….
Congrats to all Med MJ states out there!!!!
Oh, Carl, hold up, I’m on your side. I completely agree with your logic. The DEA administrator didn’t. http://tinyurl.com/8vq5ld Logic is no currency in drug law reform. If you ask me, the entire prohibition of marijuana is unconstitutional, as we have an inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness, an implied right of privacy in the Bill of Rights, and the Commerce Clause can’t possibly be meant to cover the non-commercial cultivation and personal use of a natural substance, Wickard v. Filburn be damned!
Good people are appealing this ruling in every way possible. Recent events make me hopeful that logic will prevail.