What the hell is going on?? Now here Come The Feds!

[DenverRelief]

IMO this was a long time coming!
The only way the federal law changes is if enough states can create an amendment to the constitution and that is a real long shot and unlikely to heppen.

Colorado is next and if I'm registered with the state I'm more then just a little worried. The fed's get their hands on all that documentation and it will be too easy to shut the entire operation down.

It won't be that easy because Colorado is a state with a constitutional amendment for MMJ and now 3 additional pieces of legislation regulating how the industry runs. This is a stark contrast from California.

That said, there is no guaranteed immunity from Federal prosecution, but Colorado relative to other medical marijuana states, has been largely untouched by Federal intervention.

Maybe it's because the dispensary model is younger here than in California, but maybe it's because we have a transparent regulatory model that requires everything be done above the board.

As an employee of Denver Relief, I am not worried that the Feds are going to get my name. I publish under my full name on our blog. I will not hide from them because I firmly believe that we aren't doing anything wrong.

It's difficult to make a strong argument about what compassionate use laws intend. We play out that intent every day and law enforcement, legislation, and courts are participating in that process.

It is indeed frustrating that the Feds, faced with limited resources, use underhanded tactics such as this one to intimidate business owners into going out of business, but in a certain positive regard it reflects how limited their resources truly are.

Between this threat, banking, and the IRS BS that Harborside is facing, there has been some bad news for the MMJ community this week.

To me it means that now is the time more than ever that we stop hiding in our basements with our precious few plants and demand with our stubborn presence that authoritarian policies are destroying our country.

As to the smugness, I can only say that it is indeed exciting to endeavor into running a medical marijuana center, and that despite the risk of criminal prosecution, we believe that we are are a part of a movement that can bring about positive change.