Last week, the US Drug Enforcement Agency sent memo noting a seemingly big change in the stance of how they will handle Medical Marijuana - now currently legal in 16 states, nationwide.
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The memo -- which arrived June 29 in the email inboxes of U.S. attorneys nationwide, -- says that no patient or other user is shielded from federal prosecution by state laws. The memo comes after Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette unleashed a salvo last week, saying there was widespread lawbreaking linked to medical marijuana in Michigan.
The federal memo has medical marijuana advocates feeling betrayed by the Obama administration, which had been linked with hopes for leniency in the war on drugs.
"The $64,000 question is, are the U.S. district attorneys in offices across the country really going to go after these dispensaries and grow operations? We'll have to see," said Art Cotter, chairman of the medical marijuana committee for the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan.
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