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A new Obama administration memo approves federal prosecution of anyone in the business of growing or supplying marijuana for medical patients even if they are complying with state law, a contradiction, advocacy groups say, of President Obama's pledge to let states set their own policies.

It’s time we make clear our public support for ending the war on drugs to the president directly:

Sometimes it is hard to speak the truth. Especially when policy becomes personal.
Activism

Citing recent action in Washington state and elsewhere, The American Civil Liberties Union is urging Attorney General Eric Holder to re-emphasize that his federal prosecutors will not go after medical marijuana patients who comply with state law.
Medical

Two medical marijuana providers are suing the government over what they are calling unconstitutional raids of their Montana businesses as federal prosecutors threaten to crack down on medical marijuana operations across the nation.

Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee said Monday he has put a hold on the state’s medical marijuana certificate of registration program after receiving notice that it could violate federal law.
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