Jacob Bell
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Robert Raich, a medical marijuana lawyer who took two landmark medical marijuana cases to the U.S. Supreme Court, says the new federal crackdown against landlords who rent to marijuana dispensaries is an intimidation tactic that probably won't work.
Sending threatening letters to landlords is not a new tactic by the federal government. In 2007 the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Department of Justice sent similar letters to landlords, but never filed a criminal or civil case against them.
"The appropriate thing to do is to put those letters in the trash, where they belong," Raich said. "A lot of people realize that [the feds] don't have the resources nor the will to prosecute every single one, but [landlords] are concerned and no one wants to be in the crosshairs."
Raich speculates that the U.S. Attorney will try to make an example of a few in an attempt to create fear, but the "genie is already out of the bottle."
"It's an efficient way to make people scared," he said.
So why does he think the feds are doing this now?
There are certain bureaucrats, Raich said, who have always been against medical marijuana and had to adjust to the Obama Administration's initial liberal approach.
"I think it's because Obama has proven politically inept and weak," he said. He added that bureaucrats in the Justice Department have figured Obama out now and are able to push their anti-marijuana agenda.
News Hawk- Jacob Ebel 420 MAGAZINE
Source: missionlocal.org
Author: Rigoberto Hernandez
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Website: Medical Cannabis Expert: "The Feds Are Bluffing"
Sending threatening letters to landlords is not a new tactic by the federal government. In 2007 the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Department of Justice sent similar letters to landlords, but never filed a criminal or civil case against them.
"The appropriate thing to do is to put those letters in the trash, where they belong," Raich said. "A lot of people realize that [the feds] don't have the resources nor the will to prosecute every single one, but [landlords] are concerned and no one wants to be in the crosshairs."
Raich speculates that the U.S. Attorney will try to make an example of a few in an attempt to create fear, but the "genie is already out of the bottle."
"It's an efficient way to make people scared," he said.
So why does he think the feds are doing this now?
There are certain bureaucrats, Raich said, who have always been against medical marijuana and had to adjust to the Obama Administration's initial liberal approach.
"I think it's because Obama has proven politically inept and weak," he said. He added that bureaucrats in the Justice Department have figured Obama out now and are able to push their anti-marijuana agenda.
News Hawk- Jacob Ebel 420 MAGAZINE
Source: missionlocal.org
Author: Rigoberto Hernandez
Contact: Contact Us
Copyright: Mission Loc@l
Website: Medical Cannabis Expert: "The Feds Are Bluffing"
