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Doomtalker posted:Well, it's worth pointing out that a number of US dispensaries, principally in California, have been raided repeatedly by the Federales. Only if it gets descheduled and decriminalized at the national level will anything matter; otherwise, the Feds just look up state records on official dispensaries and marijuana nurseries and raid the poo poo out of them for some extra pocket cash. Haven't the Rohrabacher-Farr amendments in the appropriations bills for FY 2015 and 2016 been a deterrent to this, since they bar the Justice Department (and by extension, the DEA) from using federal funds to go after legally operating dispensaries? Obviously, that's kind of a tenuous protection, but it might be one avenue to keep federal enforcement at bay. We might also see a lot of pushback and non-cooperation from states with legal marijuana, especially if (like mine, here in Oregon) they have budget shortfalls in the billion dollar-plus amount and would prefer to keep as many tax revenue streams open as possible. It might only be $40 million in tax revenue so far this year, but if it's from a "sin tax" rather than something politically unpopular like an income tax or vehicle registration fee increase, then it might be something that states feel is worth fighting to hold onto. This past election, too, many municipalities passed local marijuana tax ballots, so the financial incentive to push back may trickle down to the local level, also. Though I also suspect some of it is sour grapes from the more conservative and semi-rural communities around Portland trying to stick it to marijuana users, too, even if it's just making them pay more.
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