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Court Sanctioned approval of medical MJ in the 70s and 80s

jspun

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Although I could be wrong, I was under the impression that before a number of states and DC decriminalized med MJ via bollot initiate several individuals were getting medical MJ from the federal MJ research farm in Mississippi. They would recive supplies as a quantity of pre-rolled joints. In fact, I knew a girl in San Jose whose dad was a receipient. These lucky few were tolerated by the feds. More over, it was based on a court descision and if I'm not mistaken, court descisions set precedents on the way laws are interpreted. This rulling, again, if I'm not mistaken found acceptable medical indications for cannabis and allowed people to use it medically in contravention of the CSA. I'm no lawyer, but wouldn't this invalidate the schedule I status. I know that special permits have been given for studies with schedule I drugs in the past but for the purpose of collecting research data.

I think the difference is that few people were getting medical cannabis during this time, while the dispensary scene has the Narcoswines' panties' in a bunch.
More over, how dare the people decide the legitimacy of a law themselves- that job is for clowns, fakers, and power hungry little bitches on the federal level.

And all those fed jobs lost- fed workers make on average $30,000 more not including great benefits- your money at work.

They tolerated Alaska from 1975- mid 90s before crackdowns in the Matsu Valley decimated the super Indica strains like Matanuska Valley Thunderfu.k. The feds had to show us whose boss, by wielding power that should be reserved for the states.

Marinol aside, I will reiterate, I belive that a precedence was set by a judge (on the fed or state level I don't know). Based on the little I know of common law, that should make medical MJ legal. Again anybody have any info pertaining to what I'm talking about- small group of people getting legal cannabis in the US before prop 215? Don't forget to vote for prop 19 Californians- the polls are close.

Trivia: First place under US flag (on essentially US soil) to repeal cannabis prohibition was the Panama Canal Zone (former) in the 1920s. The military was pushing for a ban canal zone wide. A committee was formed and decided to rescinded the ban in what is a model of sensible drug policy being practiced in the USA by US officials. The Republic of Panama followed suit a few years latter by droping their own ban on cannabis. This is all pre MJ tax stamp. Tje story is somewhere on bluelight- and its trippy how the panel came to their conclusion ( they considered alcohol to be a more pressing concern).
 
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