Some of you may have noticed that I have not posted anything
in a while and I assure you most earnestly that I have not abandoned my activist
ambitions. Quite the contrary I have been more evolved than any time before.
Since mid October I have been trying to fight the Fed from closing many of the
medical marijuana dispensaries throughout my home state of California. The
Federal Government’s war on marijuana has spilled over from originally
targeting criminals, such as cartels and gangs, to fixing its sights on state
legitimate medical marijuana dispensaries that were voter approved by
Californian citizens. Instead of pursuing the illegal drug trade, which was the
allegedly sole purpose of the war on drugs, federal prosecutors have turned
their attention to state authorized and taxpaying medical dispensaries. They
are attempting to take away the legitimate marijuana market instead of focusing
on the real violent threat to the south. The Government’s focus on dismantling California
approved/Federal Government disapproved marijuana businesses, accomplishes nothing
except that it hands over a super monopoly to illegal traffickers and defecates
on the tenth amendment. It’s absolutely deplorable that our government can defy
the will of the people with such ease and unopposed resistance.
Our
voices have been ripped from our throats and our votes have been discarded as
an inconvenient nuisance. What’s more is that the Government is getting away
with all of it. There is very little talk about this event in the media. It is
constantly over shadowed by other “more important” and “pressing” news such as
the Occupy movement or the election. We can no longer allow Government to intrude
upon matters that the people have established through the democratic system. It
makes the system meaningless and dishonors the very foundation of the country.
It gives me a very intense feeling of trepidation that the Government can rewrite
the rules like a school yard bully who is unhappy with the outcome of a
playground game. We cannot allow this to happen! This may be easy for the
Government to accomplish since marijuana is still a taboo political subject but
if the Government can so easily usurp the voice of citizens over marijuana then
it makes you wonder what other issues the Government will intervene in. There
must be a definitive line established that puts limits on government
intervention and I suggest that the line should start with the marijuana issue.
I have
put up a link to the story about what is occurring in California. It has more
information on the issue and shows just how much the Government is cracking
down on the medical marijuana dispensaries in California.
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/745016/feds_force_hundreds_of_california%27s_medical_marijuana_dispensaries_to_close/
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