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Vendaval -> "The Grass-Roots Marijuana Wars" (6/7/2008 1:01:29 PM)
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The Grass-Roots Marijuana Wars
Thursday, Jun. 05, 2008
By Thomas Fields-Meyer/Los Angeles
"Lately, however, Duncan directed more energy toward his role as California director of Americans for Safe Access, a group of merchants, doctors and patients that aims to make it easier to dispense and obtain marijuana for medical purposes. The organization's central mission: fighting U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration raids on dispensaries.
California is the largest of 12 states allowing marijuana for certain medical uses, but the federal government considers all marijuana illegal. The conflicting statutes have led to an uncomfortable existence for California's growing ranks of marijuana providers. "At any moment, the DEA can come kicking down the door," says Duncan."
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1811992,00.html
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