Feds Threaten Medical Pot Dispensaries with 40-Year Sentences
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/feds-threaten-medical-pot-dispensaries-40-year-sentences
In the latest act in the ongoing drama pitting federal drug laws against state legislation permitting the sale of marijuana, a U.S. Attorney is threatening the landlords housing medical marijuana dispensaries with 40 years in federal prison.
Correct me if I am wrong but selling marijuana is still a federal offense, correct?
Dennis Reynolds wrote:
Correct me if I am wrong but selling marijuana is still a federal offense, correct?
Yes
The OP obviously doesn't understand what is going on here.
Selling marijuana is still a federal offense and can be prosecuted by the federal government if they wish.
All these states are doing is refusing to prosectue anyone for marijuana use in state courts. They have no power over federal courts which still must obey federal laws.
so Obama could care less!!! His voting base tossed in prison! awesome!!!
Who needs rights when we can have a police state in which the Federal Government rules every aspect of our lives? It's only fair that if you defy society, you should spend 40 years in prison. Society is the boss of everyone and the Federal Government = society. It's the law, so that makes it right. If something is the law you are NOT allowed to question it because laws are edicts from society, like how Christians are not to question the Bible because they believe it to be the word of God. If it's stated in the USC, that's that - end of discussion, because the USC is the word of the Federal Government, aka Society. Obama is the messiah of Society and liberals are the believers. We belie in One Society and that Obama was sent by Society to atone for the sine of Capitalists. Believers, aka liberals are required to renounce their Capitalism and walk with Obama by hysterically shouting down His opponents and accusing them of racism.
Aren't immigration laws federal laws also? Why isn't the Fed enforcing them?
Dennis Reynolds wrote:
Correct me if I am wrong but selling marijuana is still a federal offense, correct?
Yes, but there is no reason that it should be. The feds have constitutional power over interstate commerce. The states have power over intrastate commerce. Pot that is grow in the state, harvested in the state, processed in the state, wholesaled in the state, sold in the state, and consumed in the state is not interstate commerce, despite what Wickard v. Filburn might say.