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Polis Wants Feds To Pull Back on Med Pot Raids
Posted by CN Staff on February 25, 2010 at 08:21:44 PT
By Joey Bunch, The Denver Post
Source: Denver Post
Colorado -- U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, D-Boulder, wants "rogue" federal agents to lay off medical marijuana dispensaries after a raid at the home of Highlands Ranch grower on Feb. 12.Tuesday, Polis sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder asking him to instruct agents to abide by the Justice Department's Oct. 19 directive to allow deference to state laws on legalized medical marijuana use, or to clarify the new position.
Polis posted his letter this afternoon on the progressive political website Square State. In a preamble he referred to "rogue agents ... harassing and raiding our medical marijuana dispensaries."Reached by phone in Washington this evening, Polis also invoked the White House."I think President Obama has clearly stated his position on respecting states that have voted to allow medical marijuana," he said. "I believe the words and action of the agent in charge is in contradiction to the will of the voters of Colorado." Snipped   Complete Article: http://www.denverpost.com/ci_14465854Source: Denver Post (CO)Author: Joey Bunch, The Denver Post Published: February 24, 2010Copyright: 2010 The Denver Post CorpWebsite: http://www.denverpost.com/Contact: openforum denverpost.comCannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml 
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Comment #27 posted by FoM on February 27, 2010 at 16:29:54 PT
ekim
Thank you. We turned it on. 
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Comment #26 posted by ekim on February 27, 2010 at 16:22:04 PT
Stossel on now
dir tv 359 
Montel will be on at 7:45 talken med cannabis
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Comment #25 posted by FoM on February 27, 2010 at 15:05:08 PT
Sinsemilla Jones
That's ok. We all have done something similar and found out it probably wasn't true. If there is any Administration that respects The Arts it's this one. That's why it seemed out of character to be true to me.
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Comment #24 posted by Sinsemilla Jones on February 27, 2010 at 15:01:19 PT
FoM
Yeah, after making that knee jerk post, I figured I ought to at least research the facts a little.Sorry I went off half cocked. Can I blame that on being circumcised?
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Comment #23 posted by FoM on February 27, 2010 at 14:32:53 PT
Sinsemilla Jones 
I wasn't sure that it was true. It didn't seem likely to me.
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Comment #22 posted by Sinsemilla Jones on February 27, 2010 at 14:18:29 PT
I'm still boycotting the DEA though.
> ; )
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Comment #21 posted by Sinsemilla Jones on February 27, 2010 at 14:00:15 PT
e-bay / High Times update - boycott unnecessary
When I did a search the other day on e-bay, I didn't see any High Times, but the last couple of days there have been lots of them. (Including the infamous one with Jimmy Carter snorting coke on the cover.)From reading around on the net, it seems there have been numerous other High Times sightings on e-bay, since that article was originally published.Maybe e-bay doesn't hate freedom quite as much as I thought they did.So, in the words of the late great Emily LaTella - Never mind.
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Comment #20 posted by FoM on February 26, 2010 at 05:16:39 PT
Md. Panel To Hear Testimony on Medical Marijuana
By The Associated PressFebruary 26, 2010
 ANNAPOLIS, MD. — Maryland lawmakers are scheduled to hear testimony on a medical marijuana bill that would allow pharmacies to distribute marijuana to patients who receive authorization from a physician with whom they have had ongoing medical relationships.Friends and foes of the measure are scheduled to appear before a panel of Maryland House members Friday afternoon to discuss the bill.Baltimore County Delegate Dan Morhaim, an emergency room physician who drafted the legislation, said it would create strict conditions compared to 14 other states where medical marijuana is allowed. The state agriculture and health departments would monitor the production and distribution process.Copyright: 2010 Associated Press___On the Net:House Bill 712: http://mlis.state.md.us/2010rs/billfile/HB0712.htm
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Comment #19 posted by Hope on February 25, 2010 at 20:36:47 PT
Whoo Hoo!
That sounds so good, Mrs. Runruff.I'm so happy for you'll.
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Comment #18 posted by FoM on February 25, 2010 at 19:44:02 PT
Mrs. Runruff
It's great to see you. I'm so glad everything work out right. I really am.
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Comment #17 posted by mrs runruff on February 25, 2010 at 19:41:14 PT
For the record...
I'd like to state that my husband is awesome. He stood tall in the court room and spoke truth. It rang through him like a clear bell. Succinct and articulate. Something cosmic happened Monday morning...everyone felt it. The vibration of Truth released the tightness of ambiguous absurdity.
Thank you all for your love and support. :)
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Comment #16 posted by Had Enough on February 25, 2010 at 18:28:59 PT
Melvin: Urban Dictionary
#1 - A severely odd and uncool person. A wimp or a tool.#3 - A wedgie in the front.#8 - A complete loser, geek, or nerd. Someone who lives in their parent's basement well past their 20's.#13 - a severe frontal wedgie. usually the result of horrible practical jokes or freak accidents.#17 - A type of person, the melvin (noun) is half characterized physically, and half emotionally and by their demeanor. It should not be confused with a nerd, geek, or a person, because it does not have a soul.#18 - Someone that harps on people for not following overlooked, unimportant rules.#31 - A bottle of flat, room temperature beer discovered the morning after it was opened and forgotten.***more...31 of them...http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=melvin
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Comment #15 posted by runruff on February 25, 2010 at 15:01:43 PT
Now I know why it is called a "Melvin"!
A Melvin is a pain in the butt, that's about all.Public dialogue and and modern science have left poor Melvin in the 20Th century.This kind of talk is equivalent to a dinosaur farting dust!
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Comment #14 posted by FoM on February 25, 2010 at 13:28:59 PT
US Still World’s Biggest Illegal Drug Market
February 25, 2010The United States is still the largest market for illegal drugs in the world, says the latest report from the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), noting that marijuana and prescription drugs such as Oxycontin and Vicodin are the most widely used drugs in the country. The report says use of cocaine declined last year.“The board is concerned with what we see as the creeping normalization of the use of cannabis in the United States” said INCB member Melvyn Levitsky at the release of the organization’s annual report today.Levitsky also raised a red flag about cannabis users requiring emergency medical care as a result of drug use.“If you look at the US statistics, for a long time, there were no instances of people going to emergency rooms for being “strung out” on marijuana. Now, the largest number of emergency room visits, in terms of drug abuse, have to do with marijuana”Levitsky says indirect advertising and promotion of drugs in the media as well as medical marijuana initiatives in some US states have lead to a weakening of controls and will on the matter.“Medicinal marijuana, something that is not backed up by a scientific base, is decided in some cases by referendum rather than through the normal system for testing and evaluating” The INCB report recommends that all elements of prevention , including drug education in schools, should become a focal point for governments. The INCB also supports alternative sentencing and treatment for drug users instead of jail time. It estimates that between170-250 million people around the world used an illegal drug in the past year.Copyright: 2010 Talk Radio News Service URL: http://talkradionews.com/2010/02/us-still-worlds-biggest-illegal-drug-market/
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Comment #13 posted by FoM on February 25, 2010 at 13:21:18 PT
EBay
I never bought anything from EBay.
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Comment #12 posted by tintala on February 25, 2010 at 13:15:29 PT:
Boycott EBAY, youtube,starbucks, kellogs
YEs i agree sensi:we need to boycott all of these:EBAY, youtube,starbucks, kellogs, and the DEA. lol.
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Comment #11 posted by rchandar on February 25, 2010 at 12:28:32 PT:
Mr. Polis
Bravo.
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Comment #10 posted by Sinsemilla Jones on February 25, 2010 at 12:24:25 PT
Boycott e-bay! They don't believe in freedom!
Opinions on laws are political speech! That's how bad laws are changed.Reporting of people disobeying laws is news! It's basic 1st amendment freedom of the press.Are they going to pull auctions of "pro-life" materials, because abortion is legal?What about books about lowering taxes, because higher taxes are the law?Hotrod mags, because of speeding?Guns and knifes, because of robbery and murder?f the e.
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Comment #9 posted by Randy on February 25, 2010 at 12:00:44 PT:
Oohhh Yeah!
This is so refreshing, feeling some cannabis comfort.
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Comment #8 posted by FoM on February 25, 2010 at 10:59:45 PT
JoeCitizen
I am feeling much better now. I should be released from the surgeon next week. I no longer need pain medicine and that makes me very happy.
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Comment #7 posted by mark702 on February 25, 2010 at 10:54:12 PT:
Ebay Pulls High Times Magazine Auctions
http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2010/02/15/buzz-kill-crozet-man-finds-ebay-yanks-high-times/"Ebay Yanks 'High Times' Mags After Govt. Request"
Ebay Yanks 'High Times' Mags After Govt. Request
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Comment #6 posted by JoeCitizen on February 25, 2010 at 10:48:58 PT
Yay!
I love making people laugh.This is the first time I've been able to check in here in many days. I hope you are feeling better, and recovering from your surgery.Have a great day.
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Comment #5 posted by FoM on February 25, 2010 at 10:25:13 PT
JoeCitizen and Runruff
Oh you both made me laugh.
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Comment #4 posted by runruff on February 25, 2010 at 09:45:21 PT
I mean...
...oops!
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Comment #3 posted by JoeCitizen on February 25, 2010 at 09:22:02 PT
Um, FoM, I think you might be wrong about that...
From Jared Polis' entry on Wikipedia"He is the first openly gay man elected to the House as a freshman.[4] (The other gay male Representative, Barney Frank, did not make his orientation public until after he was first elected.")
Jared Polis Wikipedia
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Comment #2 posted by FoM on February 25, 2010 at 08:30:06 PT
runruff
Maybe Mrs. Runruff kissing him on the lips might work better! LOL!
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Comment #1 posted by runruff on February 25, 2010 at 08:24:47 PT
I wonder if Mr Polis would mind....
..if I kiss him on the lips!
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