mainstream American newspapers took on the issue of marijuana
Writers with two mainstream American newspapers took on the issue of marijuana today. And here's the shocker: both articles are outstanding.
In the San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko explores the questions surrounding medical marijuana defendants charged under Bush-era policies that don't sync with the Obama administration's position on the matter.
The portion of his report I found most interesting was this bit about the Compassionate Cooperative of Alameda County, which was raided by the DEA in 2007 ...
The owners, brothers Winslow and Abraham Norton, had a county permit and had been paying taxes on their multimillion-dollar annual sales, their lawyers said.
The charges against them include drug distribution, money laundering and carrying guns during drug trafficking - firearms held by their licensed security guards, a charge that ratchets up the mandatory minimum sentence to 15 years.
Ouch.
SOURCE: THE RAW STORY
{ALL THAT IS EVIL WILL BE EXPOSED}
