Stand Up For Your Civil Rights
The DEA’s vendetta against Medical Cannabis patients and providers keeps getting more and more infuriating.
Mendocino County, California passed a new Medical Cannabis ordinance this year that allows local growers to apply for a cultivation permit with the sheriff. But earlier this month, the DEA swooped in and raided the home of the program’s first applicant. Agents took money and property but made no arrests.
What a slap in the face for the local government. The DEA has gone too far, and if we are going to see any change, President Obama should replace Acting Administrator Michele Leonhart.
The president has directed federal officials to stop wasting time and money on Medical Cannabis prosecutions. Yet even though Leonhart is blatantly flouting President Obama’s directive, he’s nominated her to become the permanent head of the DEA.
Our whole movement is united and working together to demand a more compassionate solution, a DEA administrator who respects the right of patients to use their legal, doctor-recommended medicine.
The raid in Mendocino County is part of a disturbing trend. DEA agents have raided four other Medical Cannabis providers in the past few weeks. The timing is hardly coincidental ,California voters could pass a ballot initiative in November that would make Cannabis legal throughout the state, and it’s suspected that the DEA is conducting the raids to intimidate growers and activists.
President Obama has called federal Medical Cannabis raids a waste of resources. Yet his nominee continues to relentlessly harass patients and providers. If she refuses to respect the administrations stated principles, the president needs to find a new nominee who will.. Isn’t it time that the voice of the patients be heard at a federal level?
