Quote Originally Posted by senorx12562
Out of curiosity, what is the basis for your belief that it makes a bit of difference who is elected vis-a-vis mmj?
Simple. Obama's JD (so far) has not raided or otherwise interfered with MMCs in Colorado. This is a major departure from the previous administration's policy.

Do you believe Obama's Justice Dept. is going off the reservation and contradicting his orders, or are they following them? In any event, his administration's actions clearly contradict his public pronouncements and it appears that no mmj business is safe under this administration or the next, whatever the party.
I think they're following his orders, otherwise they would have shut the industry down by now. My intuition is that the JD is acting in cases where state law is unclear or non-existent (CA) and in states where the governor / legislature is hostile to MMJ and asks for federal LEO assistance (MT). Our growing body of regulatory law keeps criminal organizations out of the business and maintains vigilant oversight of inventory and revenue, lessening the risk of tax fraud and money-laundering. Of course, I may be wrong; Obama could shutter every MMC in America tomorrow, if he chose.

I do think, however, that even the most authoritarian Republican administration will leave patients alone and focus on retailers. MMJ is a bell you can't really un-ring.
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