In the past few months, United States Attorneys in Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Montana, Rhode Island, and Vermont have issued letters threatening local and state officials to dissuade them from participating in state sanctioned medical cannabis programs. While these threats have been used before by other administrations, it is disappointing to see President Obama sanction this behavior. Now is the time to urge Governors in medical cannabis states, whether they have gotten a threat letter or not, to take a stand for patient rights.
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