Insane news, which isn't getting much coverage yet: The Feds have just raided medical marijuana dispensaries across Montana. Armed agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration, FBI, and ATF swept through at least 10 stores and greenhouses on Monday, detaining the workers there and seizing computers, plants, and other items.
According to one worker, “They came in, guns drawn, got us down on the ground and in cuffs as fast as they could.”
The raids represent a swift change in law enforcement policy: When Obama took office, Attorney General Eric Holder promised to end the Bush-era attacks on sellers of medicinal marijuana and medical marijuana patients. Obama made the same promise on the campaign trail — repeatedly:
“I would not have the Justice Department prosecuting and raiding medical marijuana users. It’s not a good use of our resources.” (August 21, 2007, event in Nashua, New Hampshire)
And:
“I don’t think that should be a top priority of us, raiding people who are using … medical marijuana. With all the things we’ve got to worry about, and our Justice Department should be doing, that probably shouldn’t be a high priority.” (June 2, 2007, town hall meeting in Laconia, New Hampshire)
Now the Feds are even refusing to say why they conducted yesterday’s raids, and if and when they’ll be pressing any charges. This shift in policy puts medical marijuana sellers and patients across America in jeopardy. Will you click here to tell Obama and Holder to keep their promises and end the raids?