Obama Administration Speaks Out on Marijuana Ballot Measures: Federal Raids Are Here to Stay
The conclusion:
But if Cole is not actually saying anything different than what he’s said in the past, then the DOJ will continue to go after medical (and soon, perhaps, non-medical) marijuana dispensaries with large client lists, because these are what Cole is referring to when he says “large-scale drug dealers.” Not cartels or drug rings, but dispensaries.
If history is any guide, we’ll see more federal raids in Colorado and Washington if recreational marijuana is legalized, because we’ll most definitely see more “large-scale drug dealing,” AKA state-legal businesses selling to consumers in an open, state-legal market.
