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Big raids yesterday in Washington State by the Feds. As you know they have been pretty busy here in CA since October 2010.
But they haven't done anything to CO dispensaries. Or storefronts now that it is legal. Some cities, (a lot of cities in fact) have banned retail cannabis shops altogether, but that is not a federal thing.
So why not? CA is non profit or collective, a selling point when the law was written and passed. (Prop 215) and CO's law, even with medical is a for profit model, which by it's nature, makes profiteering more prevalent than a non profit or collective....
SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)And everybody knows that pot is much worse for your health than guns. Glad to see holder is doing something about this crisis.
liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)I don't know what the difference is but I do not believe that profit is the reason. Maybe the pharmaceutical industry is okay with people smoking pot for recreation but doesn't want sick people medicating with marijuana. They want people to be forced into using their medication. That's where the abuse of profit is, the pharmaceutical industry.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)Oregon has a medical marijuana program.