During the 2008 campaign, Barack Obama raised hopes among those who support medical marijuana by pledging to respect state laws on the issue. But his administration has reversed course

The Department of Justice maintains that there has been no change in the Obama administration’s medical marijuana policyrnrn

On the heels of comments by Jimmy Kimmel, Attorney General admits that Obama could stop the war raging over medical marijuana at any moment

President Barack Obama has turned out to be a real buzzkill…4 years later.rnrn

Although U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder initially indicated that prosecuting dispensaries would not be a priority, so long as they followed state and local laws, the Justice Department has aggressively gone after them.

Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday reiterated the Justice Department’s support for the Ogden memo, which in 2009 declared that the sale and use of medical marijuana in states where it’s legal are a low priority for federal prosecutors.rnrn

rnAbout 200 people protested at the U.S. courthouse in Sacramento Wednesday against a federal crackdown on California dispensaries and property owners leasing to medical cannabis businesses.rn

President Obama continues to persecute legal marijuana in an attempt to preserve his re-election bid in 2012.

Diane Sands advocates the feds staying out of the states’ medical marijuana affairs