California Senator Introduces Resolution Calling on the Feds to stop DEA Raids...

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Dear ASA Supporter,

Americans for Safe Access (ASA) and medical cannabis patients were excited to hear today that State Senator Carole Migden introduced a California Senate Joint Resolution calling on Congress, the President, and federal law enforcement to stop raiding legal medical cannabis collectives and respect Californiaâ??s law. Senator Migdenâ??s resolution follows an unprecedented escalation in Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) attacks on medical cannabis providers and threats against property owners who rent to hundreds of collectives all over California.

Senator Migden uses strong and clear language, calling on the federal government to take action:

Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of California, jointly, That the Legislature respectfully memorializes the Congress and President of the United States to enact legislation to require the Drug Enforcement Agency and all other federal agencies and departments to respect the compassionate use laws of states, including returning any assets seized from medical marijuana dispensaries and collectives to the states in which they are locatedâ?¦

ASA and an ad-hoc coalition of reform organizations have been reaching out to California elected officials since letters threatening property owners began arriving last summer. The Senatorâ??s resolution is the highest profile example to date of growing dissatisfaction among California leaders, who increasingly see DEA activity as undue interference in the stateâ??s right to implement medical cannabis laws and regulate providers. Senator Migden joins Los Angeles City Council Member Dennis Zine, Orange County Supervisor Chris Norby, Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums, and others in opposing the DEA actions.


Support from our state officials is a crucial element in ASAâ??s ongoing effort to stop the DEA attacks on patientsâ?? access to medicine. This is exactly the kind of support that US House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers needs to bolster his promised investigation of DEA conduct in California. ASA and our allies applaud Senator Migdenâ??s initiative and urge her colleagues in the California legislature to move quickly to adopt the resolution.

ASA is working everyday to defend safe access in states where it is legal and to eliminate federal barriers to access and research. The Senatorâ??s resolution is just another example of how we are moving forward. We can not keep doing this work without your support, so please join ASA or make an extra contribution today!

Sincerely,

Don Duncan
California Director
Americans for Safe Access


Americans for Safe Access is the nation's largest organization of patients, medical professionals, scientists and concerned citizens promoting safe and legal access to cannabis for therapeutic use and research.

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thats great i hope the rest of the us follows

This is great to hear...All I can say is, it's about fucking time for california's legislators to get their heads out of their asses and realize they need to do something

Hell yeah this is bad ass

bout time...

How many times have you heard our presidential candidates talk about "states rights"? This is a good thing though!
It is a resolution right? So basically the government is going to say, "oh, that's nice, f off California have a nice day" and they will keep trucking along. We are a long ways out, until the DEA starts doing what they are doing here in other states, not a lot will change anytime soon. It is going to take commotion from multiple states, i.e. Colorado, New Mexico, ect... Right now California is really the only dog in the fight and where the DEA is focusing it's efforts. This is a step in the right direction though!

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Originally Posted by 8182KSKUSH

How many times have you heard our presidential candidates talk about "states rights"? This is a good thing though!
It is a resolution right? So basically the government is going to say, "oh, that's nice, f off California have a nice day" and they will keep trucking along. We are a long ways out, until the DEA starts doing what they are doing here in other states, not a lot will change anytime soon. It is going to take commotion from multiple states, i.e. Colorado, New Mexico, ect... Right now California is really the only dog in the fight and where the DEA is focusing it's efforts. This is a step in the right direction though!

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You are correct. We have how many 10's of millions of peeps here? The other states have to step up. End of story.

Hey could you imagine the feds going into Alaska and doing what they are doing in California? I grew up in Kansas, and although there are no laws yet, I know that the last thing that would happen would be feds going in and raiding growers (farmers) or co ops, trampling all over states rights. People would not stand for it.

Hell yeah, I grew up in Alaska and its a very states rights / Libertarian place. There would be hell to pay if they tried it there...

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Originally Posted by MVP

Hell yeah, I grew up in Alaska and its a very states rights / Libertarian place. There would be hell to pay if they tried it there...

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maybe they're aware of that, being why they haven't ever tried it there..