Opponents of a medical marijuana dispensary in Yucca Valley have one less argument to fight the proposed initiative that would permit dispensaries to set up shop again in Town limits: that medical marijuana is illegal under U.S. law. When Congress passed its 1,600-page spending bill last weekend, it included a provision that ends the federal government’s prohibition on medical marijuana in states where it is legal. California legalized medical marijuana in 1996 under Prop 215, and 31 other states and the District of Columbia have also legalized medical marijuana. The Obama Administration has made it a policy not to raid medical marijuana dispensaries in states where medical marijuana is legal, and when Obama signs the spending bill, that policy will become law. Congresswoman Barbara Lee of Oakland said, “The federal government should never get in between patients and their medicine.”
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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DROPS PROHIBITION ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA
