So Much For The 10th Amendment

You might not agree with marijuana and that is OK (we don't either), however, when the federal government raids a store that is LEGAL under Washington law, that is wrong. At least it is wrong under the Constitution as we read it.

We find nothing in the Constitution that gives the Federal government the right to regulate drugs or more specifically, marijuana. In fact, the Tenth Amendment clearly empowers the state to control those activities outside those granted the Feds, which we believe is essentially this case.

This bold, in your face, denial of state's rights by the Federal government should be litigated   If not, the Feds will take over state responsibilities for everything and make the state legislatures nothing more than a knitting society. It is time for the states to resurrect their rights under the Constitution.

Conservative Tom

Feds Raid Legal Medical Marijuana Dispensaries In Washington

July 25, 2013 by Sam Rolley 

Despite State legalization and promises from President Barack Obama that raiding medical marijuana facilities was not a priority of the Federal government, medical marijuana dispensaries in Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia and Gig Harbor, Washington were raided by Drug Enforcement Agency agents on Wednesday.

Casey Lee, the owner of one of the facilities, said Federal agents took 16 marijuana plants, edible marijuana products, employees’ cellphones and paperwork from the store during the raid.

“I kept saying, ‘We don’t feel like we’ve done anything wrong. Why are you guys here?’ And they said, ‘Well, you guys are state legal, but you are still not federally legal,’ that’s all they could tell me,” said Lee.

According to DEA officials, the raid of several dispensaries in Washington was part of a two-year investigation.

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