This article was originally published on the Marijuana Patients Organization site on January 12, 2014.
On June 25, 1983, the National Association of Attorneys General passed a resolution supporting legislative efforts to make marijuana available on a prescription basis to patients undergoing chemotherapy or suffering from glaucoma.
Many believe that law enforcement is opposed to medical marijuana, and while this may be true in some instances, the majority of State and Federal Attorney’s Generals (the Top Cops) have supported access of marijuana to sick patients.
For 30 years State’s AG’s have supported medical legalization and more recently this summer, US Attorney General Eric Holder set policy that the US Government would not interfere with State medical marijuana laws. Mr. Holder’s directives represented the biggest shift against the prohibition of marijuana, action led by an Attorney General.
Leadership within law enforcement supports medical marijuana legalization and have resolved to do so, so the question remains, “who is still against us?”