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Re. the Feds saying one thing and doing another in Cali., here's but 1 starting point. I've always respected the folks at this site/org.

Lots more on-line re. this snafu.

https://drugpolicy.org/news/2009/02...-medical-marijuana-dispensaries-despite-obama

edit: 'Nuther 'un.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/obamas-war-on-pot-231820/

And another one. This one drives home the most egregious points, along with the one immediately above.

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-feds-sue-berkeley-pot-dispensary-20130508-story.html
 
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The un has removed weed from its class 1 classification as a dangerous drug, so that could make the difference
 
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moose eater said:
Yessirree.

Pressure applied to anyone who leased to medical canna shops, and the coup de gras was (I'm trying to recall her name) Sister XXXXXXXX, can't recall, who ran one of the MOST respected and clean clinics, no high-mark-ups, patient garden, terminally ill patients primarily, etc., and the bastages busted HER, after Holder's memos went out.

I was following that fairly closely back then.

I'd be shocked if there wasn't a significant amount of history re. that sleight of hand still readily available on-line.
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I believe it was WAMM you are referring to. The woman had a very solid past, and her partner in the venture was an attorney, they each felt the "sting of the system harshly." Was the efforts of people of that caliber which did result in the compassionate use act, which I will always think of as one of the most decent things I have ever seen happen anywhere in my lifetime.


Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM) is a not-for-profit medicinal cannabis dispensing collective located in Santa Cruz, California. WAMM was founded in 1993 by Valerie Leveroni Corral and her then-husband Michael Corral. Valerie Corral is also the Executive Director of Raha Kudo: Design for Dying Project, a non-profit corporation that provides education and research to support persons facing death and their caregivers.[1] Members of WAMM receive organic medicinal cannabis at cost while volunteers trade work for cannabis. There is a compassion program for those unable to afford the full cost of medical cannabis.[2] WAMM was the first medical marijuana collective to receive non-profit status from the United States Government


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wo/Men's_Alliance_for_Medical_Marijuana
 
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I believe it was WAMM you are referring to. The woman had a very solid past, and her partner in the venture was an attorney, they each felt the "sting of the system harshly." Was the efforts of people of that caliber which did result in the compassionate use act, which I will always think of as one of the most decent things I have ever seen happen anywhere in my lifetime.


Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM) is a not-for-profit medicinal cannabis dispensing collective located in Santa Cruz, California. WAMM was founded in 1993 by Valerie Leveroni Corral and her then-husband Michael Corral. Valerie Corral is also the Executive Director of Raha Kudo: Design for Dying Project, a non-profit corporation that provides education and research to support persons facing death and their caregivers.[1] Members of WAMM receive organic medicinal cannabis at cost while volunteers trade work for cannabis. There is a compassion program for those unable to afford the full cost of medical cannabis.[2] WAMM was the first medical marijuana collective to receive non-profit status from the United States Government


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wo/Men's_Alliance_for_Medical_Marijuana
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I believe you're correct.

Yes, I think she scored something like 10 yrs. Fed time, was that right??

Where were the 'Congressional Over-Throw Hoards for Freedom' on THAT day??!!

Thanks for filling in one of my blanks.

I also remember the gauntlet of harassment they gave to persons like Steve Cubby back then too.

Nope, Obama, as a Senator, made lots of really good POINTED remarks criticizing the War On (Some) Drugs, but like SO many, the circumstantial evidence or implication of being 'owned', came clear after he entered the Oval Office, and all of that fire in his belly as a Senator where the injustices of the WO(S)D's was concerned, seemed to have had H2O sprayed on it in volume.

And to anyone who knew his remarks about that topic as a Senator, versus after he became POTUS, it was very obvious.

Corporate and Party politics. Sometimes the give-and-take of it all requires a LOT more give than take.
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No. Just read your link.

I spoke with folks affiliated with WAMM back then, and forget in what capacity, but did a bit of networking in Alaska back then. We had folks up here getting hammered in the 90s, during the unconstitutional recriminalization, during which the State and Feds had hoped the average Alaskan was too ignorant to realize they can't legally vote out a recognized precedent re. State Constitutional Rights of Privacy (State of Alaska Constitution Article 1, Section 22) or over-turn the 1975 Ravin v. State of Alaska ruling (Chief Justice Rabinowitz), with a mere simple majority initiative. But they got away with it for about 11 years. I believe it was during that period I interacted with WAMM, as well as minimally with the November Coalition.

But the clinic I was referencing, I THOUGHT went down under the Obama Administration after Holder's relatively hollow olive branch.

I can see the images of the place in my mind's eye.

A wheel chair ramp up into what looked like a white-painted, single-story cottage with a white picket fence, and the patient garden of cannabis was either off to the side of the front, or round the back.

But that's the image of their place stuck in my brain.
 
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On January 1, 2018 California’s first licensed recreational cannabis stores opened for business. On the very same day, the state’s oldest and most respected medical cannabis collective shut its doors.

Founded in 1993 by Valerie and Mike Corral, WAMM was forced for the first time to stop serving its members with community supported health care, including providing free or sliding scale cannabis to low-income patients with cancer, AIDs, MS, epilepsy and other life threatening conditions.

That’s because when California lawmakers wrote the rules for the implementation of recreational cannabis, they made no provisions for “compassionate care,” effectively halting WAMM’s services. Faced with exorbitant new taxes, even on cannabis provided for free to its neediest members, WAMM’s model became financially unfeasible.

“It’s darkly ironic that after being at the forefront of the cannabis movement for decades, including facing a DEA raid in 2002 and the threat of life in prison, it was legalization that closed WAMM’s doors,” says WAMM co-founder Valerie Corral. “But we never stopped pushing back—along with our many allies in the community. And now that the laws have changed to once again allow compassionate giving, we’re pioneering a new, holistic way to offer phytotherapeutic and alternative care.”

On March 1st, SB 34, The Dennis Peron and Brownie Mary Act—signed into law by Governor Newsom—will take effect, restoring the ability of legal cannabis suppliers to provide free cannabis to those otherwise unable to afford it without paying taxes on that cannabis as if it was sold at market rate.

Valerie Corral will mark the occasion by officially launching WAMM Phytotherapies, which will begin operating regularly in Santa Cruz at KindPeoples, a state-licensed dispensary, which has generously donated the use of their space and infrastructure as WAMM Phytotherapies transitions into a new home so that eligible patients can receive their medicine in a safe and accessible location in the heart of the city.

“We’re so proud to be working with Valerie and to help provide this vital service to the Santa Cruz community,” says Khalil Moutawakkil, CEO and Co-Founder of KindPeoples, which started as a medical cannabis collective when it was founded in 2014. “Thanks to this new legislation we can get back to our roots and together we can build a model for compassionate care that other cities and counties will want to follow.”

For WAMM Phytotherapies, holding regular meetups marks a first step towards reemerging at a new, permanent location in Santa Cruz, where they will provide not just cannabis, but also access to alternative therapies and a shared space for community meetings and events focused on healing and mutual support. They are currently raising funds towards the opening of WAMM Phytotherapies WellBeing Community Center.
https://voicesofmontereybay.org/202...distribute-compassionate-cannabis-on-march-1/
 
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The un has removed weed from its class 1 classification as a dangerous drug, so that could make the difference
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It’s still a schedule 1 drug in US, together with coke and with no medicinal benefits. There isn’t a war on drugs, it’s a war on race.
 
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Re. the Feds saying one thing and doing another in Cali., here's but 1 starting point. I've always respected the folks at this site/org.

Lots more on-line re. this snafu.

https://drugpolicy.org/news/2009/02...-medical-marijuana-dispensaries-despite-obama

edit: 'Nuther 'un.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/obamas-war-on-pot-231820/

And another one. This one drives home the most egregious points, along with the one immediately above.

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-feds-sue-berkeley-pot-dispensary-20130508-story.html
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The DEA followed California guidelines.
Legalization as defined by California awarded the privilege of growing commercially to very few players. It wasn’t a level playing field. They had state protection. Others didn’t. Those who grew a little pot on the side were forced out of business.
When some abused that privilege, they got busted. While I don’t agree with the busts, I have no love lost for those who took advantage.
They shouldn’t have had the privilege to start with. Legalization should be legalization.
 
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Hello all,

Last thursday john solomon/lou dobbs et al were all a flutter about declassified documents about the steele dossier/obamagate/crossfire hurricane...so far nothing new or consequential.

But, I wonder, will biden declassify the things in those reports/documents that emperor orange did not?

I think he should.

Also, as a side note....I wonder how long it is before the conald gets charged in NY?

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The hatred for Biden amongst national guard troops is very real


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...icials-fear-insider-attack-biden-inauguration
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Did you even read the article?
Army secretary Ryan McCarthy said officials were conscious of the potential threat, and warned commanders to be on the lookout for problems within their ranks. So far, however, he and other leaders say they have seen no evidence of any threats, and officials said the vetting hadn’t flagged any issues that they were aware of.
 
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