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Bennyboy

(10,440 posts)
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 01:06 PM Jul 2013

Fed Cannabis raids, Washington, California but not Colorado... Why not?

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....

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Fed Cannabis raids, Washington, California but not Colorado... Why not? (Original Post) Bennyboy Jul 2013 OP
More Guns, Less Pot SoCalMusicLover Jul 2013 #1
all non profits make profit. Why aren't they going after all non profit organizations? liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #2
The DEA dogs have left Oregon pretty much untouched too, as far as I know. 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #3
One state at a time. They are next after CA, WA. on point Jul 2013 #4
 

SoCalMusicLover

(3,194 posts)
1. More Guns, Less Pot
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 01:08 PM
Jul 2013

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)
2. all non profits make profit. Why aren't they going after all non profit organizations?
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 01:14 PM
Jul 2013

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)
3. The DEA dogs have left Oregon pretty much untouched too, as far as I know.
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 01:25 PM
Jul 2013

Oregon has a medical marijuana program.

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