Medical Marijuana Inc (MJNA)

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Hey guys,

This is what I have been saying about the DEA and their little games being exacted against "state" law abiding folks just trying to make their American fortune in a burgeoning market, much like the Goldminers of the late 1800's, who helped make this country what it is today....Were they hauled off to federal holding pens for wanting a piece of the American Dream?? Well, today's version of that American Pioneer is now being treated as such and I think it's dispicable!

The FEDS are scared, plain and simple. They know they are losing ground daily in the fight to maintain the status quo, thus keeping law abiding citizens of our country under the probibitionist regime that has created nothing more in this country than bloodshed, destroyed lives (through incarcerations), and most notably a criminal underground system that both sucks the life out of humanity and yet feeds its ability to sustain itself through the dirty money generated by it's iniquitous activity......Okay, sorry for ranting here, but it makes me sick to my stomach to have even the remotest sense of what's really behind this mess!

Anyway, please read this article and write to Obama (link at the end of the article) and ask him to cease with the pointless and extremely harmful actions of the FEDS.





DEA is On the Warpath
by Morgan Fox
March 17, 2011

This week has seen a sudden explosion in DEA raids of medical marijuana businesses, leaving patients, caregivers, and activists reeling.

On Monday, 26 medical marijuana businesses throughout Montana were raided by task forces comprised of federal and local law enforcement. As usual, some arrests were made and anything of value seized as evidence under sealed warrants. Interestingly, these raids began within minutes of a vote that stalled the bill to repeal Montana’s voter-approved medical marijuana law. Patients and employees of medical marijuana businesses have been mobilizing with the help of Americans for Safe Access to respond to these strong-arm tactics.

This travesty was repeated Tuesday when the DEA and local law enforcement raided two West Hollywood dispensaries. This occurred shortly after a measure to tax medical marijuana businesses in Los Angeles passed, adding even more legitimacy to the industry there. (A video about the raids is at the bottom of this post, courtesy of ReasonTV.)It should be noted that the Justice Department “Ogden Memo” instructs federal law enforcement not to spend resources going after medical marijuana businesses as long as they are following state law. Of course, the Justice Department thinks all these businesses were violating state law, but is that for them to decide, or the states?

From all accounts, the California dispensaries that were raided were model businesses. Unfortunately, Montana’s medical marijuana law is vague when it comes to dispensaries, but there are several bills currently being considered by the state legislature that would establish their legality and a system of tight controls. For the DEA to go in now like angry thugs, when the exact extent of the law is in a state of flux, is unacceptable.

The manner in which these raids are taking place is equally unacceptable. These businesses are trying to follow every law and pay their taxes like any other legitimate business. Yet, when their compliance is in question, the federal government attacks them with threats and violence, taking money and destroying property. Where else does this happen? If an automobile manufacturer accidentally miscalculates its taxes or unintentionally steps outside of an unclear law, charges are filed and the issue is dealt with in court peacefully. Federal agents don’t kick down the factory doors, destroy all the cars on the lot, or sell off the factory equipment. They don’t handcuff the autoworkers and force them to lie on the ground with guns in their faces.

This aggression toward medical marijuana businesses must stop.

Please click here to ask President Obama to stand by his promises and end the raids.






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