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Legal, you wouldn't have the worry about the feds knocking down your door. this policy shift led to medical marijuana dispensaries proliferating in all states that previously legalized it. but in the following two years of its release, the department of justice actually increased its raids. in 2011 as the crackdowns continued, the justice department released a subsequent memo saying that medical marijuana patients would be free from prosecution, but not industrial growers. by april 2012, the number of dispensaries raided grew to nearly 200, resulting in over 60 federal indictments. that's more...

Denounced the bush administration raids on medical cannabis. >> youtube post shows the campaigning barack obama calling dea raids on medical marijuana shops a waste of taxpayer money. >> what i'm not going to be doing is using justice department resources to try to circumvent state laws on this issue. >> are you prepared to take the oath, senator? >> i am. >> upon taking office, the obama administration made his campaign statements official policy. with the justice department releasing the ogden memo. this suggested that the government would no longer focus resources on individuals whose actio...

Then-candidate barack obama denounced the bush administration raids on medical cannabis. >> youtube post shows the campaigning barack obama calling dea raids on medical marijuana shops a waste of taxpayer money. >> what i'm not going to be doing is using justice department resources to try to circumvent state laws on this issue. >> are you prepared to take the oath, senator? >> i am. >> upon taking office, the obama administration made his campaign statements official policy. with the justice department releasing the ogden memo. this suggested that the government would no longer focus resource...