Attorney General Eric Holder signaled a change on medical marijuana policy Wednesday, saying federal agents will target marijuana distributors only when they violate both federal and state law.
That would be a departure from the policy of the Bush administration, which targeted medical marijuana dispensaries in California even if they complied with that state's law.
On NBC Nightly news this past weekend, they ran a segment discussing the shift in policy:Jay Lassiter already posted a video giving us a look at the medicine he needs to take. This is what a former US Marine with Multiple Sclerosis had to say about his dilemma:
I've never had a criminal record, I'm a veteran of war, I graduated high honors from Rutgers. And now all of a sudden I'm public enemy number one because I don't want to be sick all day. You know, it makes no sense.
The next step is for the bill to be scheduled in the Health and Senior Services Committee which is chaired by Assemblyman Herb Conaway. Will this apparent shift in Federal Policy influence the debate as it goes forward on the state level here in New Jersey?
