DEA Marijuana Raid Kills Buzz From Obama Administration's New Policy

Despite assurances from Eric Holder, and a ray of light from Patrick Kennedy, pot proponents in California are feeling betrayed by last week's DEA raid of a San Francisco cannabis club:

Drug Enforcement Administration agents raided a San Francisco cannabis club last week without the cooperation of local authorities, making no arrests but hauling out computers and club products. During the campaign, Obama pledged to end federal raids and Attorney General Eric Holder declared that promise to be law, but with the caveat that if clubs violated state law, the feds might intervene. Advocates note that the club in question, Emmalyn's California Cannabis Clinic, had a provisional permit from the city.

"We're concerned that the policy change that has been stated by the Obama administration has not actually gone into effect, because it appears that raids are continuing," says Hermes. "If there were state law violations - and that's certainly questionable - they should be the purview of local and state officials and not the federal government."

The President angered many a marijuana fan last week bydismissing the idea of legalizing it as a way to stimulate the economy, and now, it appears the tiny amount of progress Holder signaled is going up in smoke.

As Ron Paul pointed out recently, the millions of people who enjoy a recreational toke are getting fed up with lawmakers who look down their martinis at them, and the 21st century seems wholly incompatible with a heartless ban on medical marijuana. The anti-pot squares of this nation might want to stake out a fallback position, or they could face a Doritos-fueled revolt.

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