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Holder pledges end to medical marijuana raids

By Ed Brayton

I've written about a torrent of bad news from the DOJ under Obama; here's some good news.

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.

Asked at a Washington news conference Wednesday about Drug Enforcement Administration raids in California since Obama took office last month, Holder said the administration has changed its policy.

"What the president said during the campaign, you'll be surprised to know, will be consistent with what we'll be doing here in law enforcement," he said. "What he said during the campaign is now American policy."

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Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on March 01, 2009 (boomark / email).