MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA

Federal prosecutors will not arrest medical marijuana users in the 14 states that allow for the legal use of medical marijuana. This is the information provided in a new memo from the Justice Department detailing their new guidelines on the subject of medical marijuana.

However, federal agents will still arrest people who distribute medical marijuana outside what the law allows them to do. This policy change hopefully signifies the federal government’s shifting its focus from medical marijuana users obeying state law to people distributing harder drugs or medical marijuana outside its scope.

National drug policy has always been a difficult subject especially when it conflicts with state law. Of course, not all states allow for medical marijuana.

Here, at the Law Offices of David M. Wallin, we deal with many kinds of drug cases prosecuted under state law, from simple marijuana possession to possession for sales of hardcore narcotics. If you want your rights protected, please make an appointment to speak with us.