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Mastah's Word is the Law

California citizens, using the democratic process, are going to determine whether marijuana possession should be decriminalized.  If Proposition 19 passes, then marijuana will be legal under state law.  In California, anyway, the War on Marijuana will be over.  Or not. Eric Holder, who is the United States Attorney General although he never stood for public election, is outraged: Attorney General Eric Holder said the Obama administration "strongly opposes" a California ballot measure to legalize marijuana, warning that federal drug-enforcement efforts would be "greatly complicated" if the measure passes. Mr. Holder said in a letter Wednesday to nine former Drug Enforcement Administration chiefs that the administration would continue to enforce federal law if California legalizes marijuana...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on October 18, 2010 (boomark / email).