I wish I could believe that. I imagine that the feds do believe it. The more narrow a person's thinking, the easier it must be to enforce laws that directly counteract the will of the people, which, in Oakland specifically, and in California generally. is clear. Cannabis is a medicine and people who want to use a miracle of Nature rather than a chemical such as, for example, Ritalin, which causes far too much serious harm to the body than is warranted for any of the conditions that it purports to treat. That Ritalin and so many of the really dangerous drugs that are not only legal but are advertised constantly in the media,-- insane combinations of harsh chemicals whose dangerous, often deadly, side effects are rapidly spewed out from disembodied voices hiding beneath triumphal music and sun-drenched scenes of happy smiling actors and models show us how happy and smiling these horrific chemistry experiments gone horribly awry have made them-are entirely, unquestioningly Legal.
And the Drug Corporations are raking it in. Big time.
So why are the Feds really focusing on people providing an herb that's been in continuous use and has been praised as a panacea for all ills since at least the time of Socrates? Compare the multi-billion dollar profits of the people who push their chemicals to children as well as adults with the relatively small profits realized by the people who operate California's dispensaries and you'll see how bizarre your reasoning appears to me. It's about money, that's for sure, but it's about the money that the Pharmaceuticals are losing and will continue to lose as more and more people wake up from the spell woven by Corporations, the A.M.A. and what passes for Government, at least in the eyes of most Americans. What it's really about is the ability of Cannabis to help a person wake up from the trance of narrow-minded, compassionless,spiritual and emotional bankruptcy that has led the whole worldl to the brink of ecological, spiritual and societal disaster.

Boy do I agree with eveyone, Obama sure lost a lot of votes on this one. Let's not forget the same week he did the 180 on the MMJ policy he made a huge deal with the pharmacuticals who are sitting on the sidelines wanting to get in on the so called "Cash Cow". Most of us know that may be overstated. Maybe a few make a bundle, but the rest of us? Hardly. All this trouble also started right after the Tax Court ruled against a large California dispencery, disallowing all their operating expenses, making their entire Gross Income taxable. They now owe the IRS millions, just another way to put people out of business. Dosen't it make you wonder why in an economy like this the "Government" would discourage business? What the hell, are they that incompetent? Well in my opinion, YES. It is like they are 40 years behind the american peoples life. And why is the DEA after americans? Why spend time raiding dispenceries and harrassing paitents? Souldn't the DEA be going after the Mexcians? Guess it is just easier to raid non threating business than do real work related to the Mexcian Cartel's, they have big guns, some of them we sent to them. I grew up in Southern California and have known for over 40 year's there were underground tunnels. But the government wants to build a fence. I am curious how a fence stops people and products from coming through underground tunnels. And I have to think if I have known those tunnels have been there all these years why wouldn't the government know? I heard about it on the news. Guess they are just a lot smarter than the rest of us.