By Linda Kor
The federal government quietly ended its prohibition of medical
marijuana last Friday as President Obama signed a $1.1 trillion spending
bill passed earlier in the day by Congress.
Section 538 of 1,603-page document states that none of the funds made
available for the Department of Justice may be used to prevent states
from implementing their own state laws that authorize the use,
distribution, possession or cultivation of medical marijuana.
Under the provision, states where medical pot is legal would no longer
need to worry about federal drug agents raiding retail operations. Along
with Arizona, there are currently 31 states and the District of
Columbia that have legalized pot or its ingredients to treat ailments.
The Drug Enforcement Administration, however, continues to place
marijuana in the most dangerous category of narcotics, with no accepted
medical use.
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