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Senator Grassley Slams DOJ's Medical Grass Policy

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

It's typical in this country to say we're fighting 2 wars - Iraq and Afghanistan. We're actually fighting dozens of "wars." Today I heard someone speaking so passionately about the increase in violence against women that she actually said we are "losing the war on women" in this country. I'm sure that's not what she meant. Maybe she did.So we have this war on drugs. Depending on who you talk to, we're winning, or miserably failing. Most people in the criminal justice system, conservatives and liberals, think we're wasting our time on the wrong people.So DOJ decides to prioritize the war on drugs. Imagine that. It is decided that prosecuting the medical marijuana crowd (those who prescribe and use marijuana where it is legal for medical purposes) will no longer be a priority...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on October 21, 2009 (boomark / email).