Feds order California pot dispensaries to shut down - despite being legal under state laws

(a perfect issue for the Federal government to attack the states with, where if you support the states, you are labeled as a kook . . .)

[A power struggle is coming to a head in 16 states that have legalized medical pot. The feds claim that federal law supersedes state law. The states say that the Tenth Amendment authorized them to nullify any federal law that is unconstitutional. The outcome of this contest will shape the future of America. - G. Edward Griffin]

By Associated Press

6th October 2011

Federal prosecutors have launched a crackdown on pot dispensaries in California, warning the stores that they must shut down in 45 days or face criminal charges.

They also threatened to confiscate their property even if they are operating legally under the state's 15-year-old medical marijuana law.

In an escalation of the ongoing conflict between the U.S. government and the nation's burgeoning medical marijuana industry, California's four U.S. attorneys sent letters on Wednesday and Thursday notifying at least 16 pot shops or their landlords that they are violating federal drug laws, even though medical marijuana is legal in California.

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