Obama administration’s decision to confirm the states’ authority to develop own laws on medical marijuana is a welcomed changed in federal policy for Margot advocates and drug prohibition critics. Also stands as positive signal to proponents of San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano’s bill to tax and regulate marijuana like alcohol in the state of California.
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is sending strong signals that President Obama – who as a candidate said states should be allowed to make their own rules on medical marijuana – will end raids on pot dispensaries in California.
“I think it definitely signals that Obama is moving in a new direction, that it means what he said on the campaign trail that marijuana should be treated as a health issue rather than a criminal justice issue,” he said.
