Marijuana advocacy groups urge Obama to withdraw nomination of Michele Leonhart

[babsbunny]

Marijuana advocacy groups urge Obama to withdraw nomination of Michele Leonhart

http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0724/marijuana-advocacy-groups-urge-obama-withdraw-nomination-michele-leonhart/

By Eric W. Dolan
Saturday, July 24th, 2010 -- 12:54 pm

A number of medical marijuana advocacy organizations are urging President Obama to withdraw his nomination of Michele Leonhart to serve as the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).

Leonhart was nominated to be the Deputy Administrator by President Bush in 2003 and confirmed by the Senate in 2004. She has been the acting Administrator of the DEA since the former Administrator, Karen P. Tandy, resigned in November of 2007.

[XOKCowboy]

1. Like minds!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8808787

As long as the story gets out it's cool!

[babsbunny]

5. Thanks for not getting angry...........

I always ck. 1st, but maybe not good enough.

[XOKCowboy]

7. No not a problem!

As long as the message gets out. :toast:

[XOKCowboy]

2. I guess you, I and about 7 other people give a darn....

Oh well... :shrug:

K&R

[nashville_brook]

4. make that 15 -- :)

[Metta]

3. With Monsanto running the USDA, Wall St. at Treasurey and energy running Interior, etc,.

I think Obama will wimp out. He's taking such bad advice so far that I shudder when I think of his karma.

[Political Tiger]

6. V.A. Says Veterans Can Now Use Medical Marijuana

In a historic decision, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will now formally allow patients treated at its hospitals and clinics to use medical marijuana in states where it is legal.

It's a day to remember, according to Steve Fox, director of government relations for the Marijuana Policy Project. "We now have a branch of the federal government accepting marijuana as a legal medicine," Fox said.

The policy clarification has been sought by veterans and advocates for years, reports Dan Frosch at The New York Times.

A department directive, expected to take effect next week, resolves the conflict in V.A. hospitals between federal law, which outlaws marijuana for any purpose, and medical marijuana laws in the 14 states that allow medicinal use of cannabis.

Like the decision by Obama's Justice Department to back off on marijuana dispensary raids in states that have legalized medical pot, the new V.A. policy essentially means the federal government is deferring to state medical marijuana laws.

http://www.tokeofthetown.com/2010/07/va_says_veterans_can_now_use_medical_marijuana.php