Obama's Boys take down 5 more dispensaries

[dragonrider]

I think it is a little early to say for sure what Obama's policy will be. He has said he doesn't want to waste federal money overriding the policies of individul states, but since that is definitely a shift in policy, it will take some time to implement.

It may well be that these raids were an attempt by some element of the DEA that disagrees with the new policy to get in a parting shot or force an issue before the new policy is introduced. Or it could just be a timing thing with long term operations that were already under way for some time. I would not read too much into it unless the trend continues. It takes awhile for new policy to get set, communicated and implemented throughout a bureaucracy.

[MaryJaneMonkey]

For once, i wish that a dispensary owner would use some of their other ammendments and arm themselves. 6 masked men coming into my shop, I though I was being robbed, I was on my prescribed xanax and did not notice the little dea on their jackets, had my beer, and shot those evil doers dead. Just once, just for once get the govnt scared of the people, the way the Dec of Indep inteded it to be.

Somewhat out of line, I guess, but Im a Marine fed up with prescription drugs being marketed within 100 ft of a school zone on television on all hours of the night, and then you go raid someone for some plants?!?

When the hell is the dea gonna kick down the doors of pfizer???
When are the US citizens going to knock down the doors of the DEA???

Well, we can all dream.

[8182KSKUSH]

I think it is a little early to say for sure what Obama's policy will be. He has said he doesn't want to waste federal money overriding the policies of individul states, but since that is definitely a shift in policy, it will take some time to implement.

It may well be that these raids were an attempt by some element of the DEA that disagrees with the new policy to get in a parting shot or force an issue before the new policy is introduced. Or it could just be a timing thing with long term operations that were already under way for some time. I would not read too much into it unless the trend continues. It takes awhile for new policy to get set, communicated and implemented throughout a bureaucracy.

LOL LOL
Oh you are so funny dragonrider!
Little optomistic don't you think?:jointsmile:

[dragonrider]

LOL LOL
Oh you are so funny dragonrider!
Little optomistic don't you think?:jointsmile:

Honestly, I have no idea what to expect. There was a news item about these raids on the radio the other day, but I missed the very first part that introduce an intersting clip, so I wasn't sure if the clip was BEFORE the election or AFTER in response to this raid. Anyway, the spokesperson was reiterating the idea that Obama does not want to use federal resources to overide the will of a state's voters. So if it was in response to the raid, then I would say there is reason for optimism. If it was from the campaign, then we'll just have to see if the campaign promise is kept or not, and you know how that goes.

And one thing is for sure, no one ever promised or suggested legalization --- the best you could hope for at this point is the feds backing off in states with medical laws.

We'll see what happens, but for now I think it is early to say, "Obama's Boys take down 5 more dispensaries." I doubt these raids were ordered from the top.

[RamblerGambler]

The press conference happened after the raids. It seems the DEA didn't even alert the LAPD about their intentions until after the fact... a fact that I'd say seems to indicate that the Obama administration didn't sic the DEA on the dispensaries. dragonrider, check out another thread on this - http://boards.cannabis.com/politics/...ainst-dea.html

[dragonrider]

The press conference happened after the raids. It seems the DEA didn't even alert the LAPD about their intentions until after the fact... a fact that I'd say seems to indicate that the Obama administration didn't sic the DEA on the dispensaries. dragonrider, check out another thread on this - http://boards.cannabis.com/politics/...ainst-dea.html

Thanks. That is sort of what I thought, but I wasn't sure, because I missed the intro. In this case, it seems like the administration is probably serious, otherwise they would never have gone out on limb to speak out about this issue. It will be interesting to see what comes of it.

[smok3y]

Change? Change? Hello? MCfly? HE'S BLACK!!!! Duh. That's the change, that's it. Usually the president is white, hellooooooooooo.
Aside from that I don't see any change, so that has to be in fact the "Change" that he promised everyone, well congratulations, he came through, sure enough. Now for the first time we have a half black man with a muslim name in the white house pretending like cannabis is a scourge on our society and it's proponents need to live as 2nd class citizens, instead of some old white guy. Hip hip hooray.:S4::yippee::yippee:

Wtf has his colour of skin or name have to do with anything!?

[VapedG13]

Those arent Obama's boys taken down the dispensaries....those are people Bush appointed.

[8182KSKUSH]

Wtf has his colour of skin or name have to do with anything!?

read the post knucklehead! his skin color and muslim name are the only CHANGE that I can see as compared to any other president.

[the image reaper]

Those arent Obama's boys taken down the dispensaries....those are people Bush appointed.

if I buy a restaurant, the first thing I do, is replace the cook :jointsmile: