Pubdate: Sat, 28 Feb 2009
Source: Ukiah Daily Journal, The (CA)
Copyright: 2009 The Ukiah Daily Journal
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Author: Zack Cinek, The Daily Journal
Referenced: The Attorney General's guidelines http://drugsense.org/url/kKMJR2lu
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Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Marijuana - Medicinal)

AG HOLDER'S MEDICAL POT DISPENSARY REMARKS ANALYZED

Recent remarks by new United States Attorney General Eric Holder at a 
Wednesday press conference have the AG on the record in response to a 
question on medical marijuana dispensaries.

"Right after the inauguration, there was some raids in California of 
medical marijuana dispensaries....was that a deliberate decision by 
you, by the Justice Department? Is that a prediction of policy going 
forward? Do you expect those sorts of raids to continue, based on 
what the President said during the campaign," according to a 
transcript from the U.S. Department of Justice.

"Well, what the president said during the campaign, you will be 
surprised to know, will be consistent with what we will be doing here 
in law enforcement. He was my boss during the campaign. He is 
formally and technically and by law my boss now, and so what he said 
during the campaign is now American policy," the transcript stated.

What exactly Holder said Obama was talking about during his campaign 
is up for interpretation.

Herban Legend is a marijuana dispensary located on the Mendocino 
Coast, and the "federal government appears to be leaving it up to 
local jurisdiction," Paula Deeter, of Herban Legend said Friday.

The Sheriff's Office is in closer relation to California Attorney 
General Jerry Brown's Office than it is to Holder's office.

"He (AG Brown) has said, aside from 11 pages of guidelines that are 
on our Web site, that he is waiting to hear from the United States 
Attorney General and the Kelly case," Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman said.

"I would love for it (the Kelly decision) to come out in March," said Allman.

Allman said that there has not been a lot of focus on dispensaries 
from the Sheriff's Office because there have not been a lot of complaints.

"Legal medical marijuana will continue to be respected in Mendocino 
County," Allman said. 
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