U.S. Attorney Still Opposes Medical Marijuana Program
U.S. Attorney Peter F. Neronha says the department's stance on medical marijuana has not changed after new legislation was introduced last week.
U.S. Attorney Peter F. Neronha says the Department of Justice does not plan to review new legislation introduced last week to regulate the distribution of marijuana for medicinal use. On his Web site Monday, Neronha released the following statement, claiming the federal department has not changed its opinion on the issue. “The policies and position of the Department of Justice on enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act in jurisdictions that have under consideration, or have implemented, legislation that would sanction and regulate the commercial cultivation and distribution of marijuana purportedly for medical use, have not changed. "Therefore, we have not nor do we intend to review or discuss legislation on this topic which, …
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malcom lagauche
12:44 pm on Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Nobody in the federal government seems to question how maijuana became a Class One controlled substance (the most addictive and dangerous). When Richard Nixon was president, there were many huge anti-war demonstrations. Nixon had a disdain for the protestors and was extremely paranoid. In his twisted logic, he concluded that marijuana was the cause of the demonstrations because of its widespread … more ›