Obama administration’s DEA still raiding legal Marijuana producers

From Eric Dondero:

Key Obama administration officials made a big deal last summer, of their new vow to ease up on anti-Marijuana raids in states where its legal for medicinal use, such as California, Oregon and Colorado. The Pro-Marijuana Legalization movement, many of whom were supporters of Obama in his campaign, and still in his presidency, hailed the pronouncements. But it appears the euphoria may be short-lived.

Just breaking from the Denver Post...

Along with the raid, Jeffrey Sweetin, the Drug Enforcement Administration's special agent in charge of the Denver office, sent a message to anyone involved in Colorado's increasingly profitable medical-marijuana industry.

"It's still a violation of federal law," Sweetin said. "It's not medicine. We're still going to continue to investigate and arrest people."

Agents at the scene Friday evening said the marijuana grower, Chris Bartkowicz, had been taken into custody. Jeff Dorschner, a spokesman for the U.S.

DEA agents converged on the house Friday afternoon and, before leaving several hours later, removed dozens of marijuana plants in black plastic trash bags as well as numerous high-powered growing lights.

The Libertarian Party of Colorado has been on the forefront in opposing Obama's raids on Pot Manufacturers. Late last year they released this Statement on the ongoing investigations:

Another lie told by Obama when he promised to end raids on medical marijuana distributors, it hasn’t stopped in California and it hasn’t stopped the feds here either. Only now they are claiming they are investigating some other kind of crime, that remains unknown and happens to be taking place at medical marijuana dispensaries all over Colorado. So what did the owners of these places all suddenly decide to take up murder as a hobby? It seems unlikely that any of these places have committed any crimes with any actual victims.

"Yes We Cannabis" home page for Libertarian Medicinal Marijuana advocate Steve Kubby.

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