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Federal shift in marijuana policy is called 'disastrous'
WASHINGTON (BP)--The Obama administration's "surrender to bad state policies on so-called medicinal marijuana will have disastrous effects," a Southern Baptist ethics leader said in response to a shift in marijuana policy indicated by Attorney General Eric Holder.
"Medicinal marijuana is the Trojan horse of the marijuana decriminalization movement," said Barrett Duke, vice president for public policy of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.
The federal government no longer will raid medical marijuana distributors if they are in violation only of federal law and not of state law, Holder told reporters March 18 during a question-and-answer session at the Department of Justice, according to the Associated Press.
The new policy under President Obama marks a switch from that of the previous administration. During the Bush administration, federal agents raided medical marijuana distributors in California, even though that state's law allowed its distribution and use for such a purpose.
"The policy is to go after those people who violate both federal and state law," Holder said. Federal law prohibits the sale of marijuana for medical purposes, but California and 12 other states have legalized the use of medical marijuana. The other dozen states are Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington, according to the Drug Policy Alliance Network.
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