“Did anyone bring the beer?” quipped U.S. Attorney’s spokesman Thom Mrozek just before an L.A. press conference announcing a major crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries.
In only a few short months, the Obama administration has presided over a vicious series of political assaults on medical marijuana patients and providers across the nation, carried out by numerous federal agencies.
Despite three visits by Detroit police and officers' warnings that no one should consume marijuana, organizers of the Detroit Cannabis Cup -- a two-day medical-marijuana convention in an Eastern Market jazz club -- said Monday that they went ahead with their contest to pick Michigan's best strains of the drug.
CANNABIS CULTURE - In the wake of a federal onslaught against medical marijuana in California, the California Medical Association (CMA) adopted an official policy that recommends legalization and regulation of cannabis at their delegates annual meeting in Anaheim on October 14.