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a quick google and some reading shows raids have shut down dispensaries licensed by the state. The DOJ has the authority to sue states and was urged to do so by the UN. Crazy to think the UN is suggesting how US runs their laws....
Is that ridiculous? IMO, yes. Is that option off the table? Not YET but I believe the tide is turning and will happen.

The subject has entrails that are worldwide reaching from drug cartels in other countries LOSING money if legalized and the players in US such as prisons, attorneys and law enforcement and illegal sellers of MJ would be reduced.

Then some want tax revenue and jobs created. Politics makes for strange bedfellows for sure.


United Nations agency demands U.S. government sue states over marijuana decriminalization laws
Tuesday, March 05, 2013 by: J. D. Heyes

In any event, because pot is still illegal on the federal level, Holder and Justice could decide to sue - or not.

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/039423_United_Nations_US_government_marijuana_decriminalization.html#ixzz2NSF3anUq

http://www.naturalnews.com/039423_United_Nations_US_government_marijuana_decriminalization.html

California's four U.S. Attorneys announced in a highly unusual press conference on October 7 that the DOJ would be engaging in a multi-pronged attack on the state's medical marijuana laws involving enforcement action against state-compliant producers and distributors, as well as threatening their landlords with criminal prosecution and civil asset forfeiture. In addition, the same four U.S. Attorneys have been sending threatening letters to several municipalities across California in an attempt to undermine the passage of local medical marijuana regulations.

On July 1, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California sent a letter to Chico Mayor Ann Schwab stating the city's proposed ordinance regulating medical marijuana dispensaries would violate federal law. U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner also warned Chico's city attorney, city manager, and police chief that council members and staff could face federal prosecution for attempting to implement such a law. As a result, the Chico City Council voted on August 2 to rescind its medical marijuana dispensary ordinance.

On August 15, the Eureka City Council got a letter from the U.S. Attorney for the Northern Distirct of California threatening that its regulation of medical marijuana dispensaries violates federal law. Similar to the Chico letter, the Eureka letter said that the city's publicly vetted licensing scheme "threatens the federal government's efforts to regulate the possession, manufacturing, and trafficking of controlled substances."

The letter added that "If the City of Eureka were to proceed, this office would consider injunctive actions, civil fines, criminal prosecution, and the forfeiture of any property used to facilitate a violation of [federal law]." Because of these threats, Eureka suspended implementation of its local medical marijuana ordinance.

The federal actions announced on October 7 by U.S. Attorneys have also detailed the regulatory efforts of local governments in Arcata, El Centro, Sacramento and other municipalities across the state. Less than a week after the DOJ press conference, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) conducted an early morning raid on October 13 at Northstone Organics, a fully licensed cultivation collective in Mendocino County.