Medical Marijuana Proponents Breathe Easier Under New Guidelines

Feds Won't Prosecute Medical Marijuana Users if They Comply with State Laws
New Medical Marijuana Guidelines
Proponents of medical marijuana say the new policy is long overdue.
"What you have now, finally, after all these years is a federal government, which is not at war with its own states and not at war with suffering sick people in these states," Bruce Mirken, communications director for the Marijuana Policy Project, told ABC News. "It is the most positive and significant development on federal medical marijuana policy since the Carter administration."
But opponents have expressed concern that such a policy could also lead to more illegal drug use and sales. According to the Justice Department, marijuana distribution in the United States remains the single largest source of revenue for Mexican cartels.
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